1. I often work overtime . (one word) 2. I've recently had problems with the finance s . (plural if one's own monetary funds are implied; better change 'good finances' and introduce perfective aspect with 'recently') 3.

Life to me means friends and family who you can trust and trust you. I am pretty much on the happy side of life but like some other teens I do sometimes become “emo” that means I do have some sad and depressed days. I have many friends here in

Dear friend, passivization is impossible in some instances. The example you refer to features a to-infinitive clause as a direct object, and in this case passive becomes unacceptable: *To eat mango is wanted by him. Respectfully, Gleb Chebrikoff

' be that ' be is the present subjunctive of (what else?) be . In this context be X means whether X is / are in modern English -- whether X be in older English. Thus, ... be that your daddy, your mum, ... = whether that is your daddy,

I too like meeting people from all over the world.Would u like to be my friend

Hi, When we want to talk about a group of people representing this particular world view, do we use "the humanist" or "the humanists" or maybe "humanists" ? To refer to them as a group in a general way, say eg

When we want to talk about a group of people representing this particular world view, do we use "the humanist" or "the humanists" or maybe "humanists" ? And one more... If I want to suggest my friend that I

Hi, Let us now adduce another example in which a couple visit an art gallery and the husband stops in front of a remarkably ugly painting and turns to her his wife and says: (25) It is beautiful! Through his remark in (25) above, the

Is as well as considered a parenthical phrase? Should it be set off with commas? Thanks! My non-linguistic view thinks not. I may be wrong but one of the "as well as" usages has a prepositional property which is typically

Dear Clive, This is part of my paper: Let us now adduce another example in which a couple visit an art gallery and the husband stops in front of a remarkably ugly painting and turns to her his wife and says: (25) It is beautiful!