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Hi ForbesI agree with you completely. Of course grammar includes syntax. I wrote about the very first experiences of a person who is beginning his language studies. All such experiences are very subjective!I don't think there is an objective way or method to measure and compare the...

I feel the same. But what's the object? I'm inclined to treat is as an idiom which defies analysis. (Intransitive would be, "the door suddenly opened.")Edit.Come on, open the door.No.Open up!No.Just open a crack.Okay, I'll open a crack.(Could this be eliptical? i.e.,...

New2grammar, no need for apology. It's all my fault. Wordy made his point very clear when he said "I'd probably go for "trigger"" I was such a fool that I did not notcie the quotation marks with trigger and assumed that "go for trigger"...

It's not idiom since its meaning can be deduced from the literal meanings of the words. An idiom is a collection of words, the meaning of which is learnt and cannot be concluded from the individual words, for example: "out of the blue".

So, you're reading something written by Herman Melville in 1857and you're surprised things don't conform to current idiom or grammar? Read on

"In turn, standard spoken English is said to have its own 'grammar, vocabulary and idiom'. How do we know what is to be excluded from the standard vocabulary of spoken English? And how are its idioms to be decided on?"Bex, Watts. 1999

This is a classic case of a non-English speaker unfamiliar with the idioms of the English language. Of course, this is entirely not your fault because it is not your first language. Instead of correcting this letter, I suggest you improve on your overall usage of vocabulary in the English...

Yes, this also happens to me. I have been receiving notifications from Vocabulary and Idioms, Speech and Pronunciation, but never from General English Grammar.

Hi N2G,Thanks for your patience. It's not easy to try and follow my thoughts, I know After re-reading all the posts in the thread, I think I haven't expressed myself clearly enough, and this is why you can see ambiguity in what I said.When I wrote "My idea is that it should work the...

There are some differences in vocabulary and idiom across the British Isles, and you might encounter some regional words and expressions that you're not familiar with. But the core vocabulary and grammar are not hugely different, and you might find that a bigger problem is pronunciation. If...