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2. Today, in these natural colors (what are ”these colors” referring to?), coming through the opened window, adjusted over the high blue wall; I feel much relaxed -- light as fur, dark clould clouds of stress seems to be fading away. 3.An egg shaped wooden silver-brown frame hanged by a thick...

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Which one is the recommended way to form sentences? Or all of them? a) I was at the movies yesterday watching the newest Indiana Jones. Yes. b) I was at the movies yesterday and watching the newest Indiana Jones. No. You can't connect two different usages of was with and. (was where and...

After rereading my opening post, I realized the sentence structure was misleading and the message could be ambiguous and confusing. I'll reword it here see if it's clear. Hope this would give others better idea of what I was trying to say. Thanks. Raen

Hi, I just came up with the following sentences: "The grizzly bear's bulky musculature grants it roughly the strength of five men." "The computer's advanced configuration gives it remarkable capabilities." Although these uses of the verbs "grant" and...

Here is the best way to express your thought:Most (of) existing players in the market are so small and still have such a limited (size of their) customer base that they (can) make no difference in terms of service and pricing among competitors. Additions are in bold and omissions are in...

My thoughts on the use of the therapy is traditional, yet controversial by many standards. There's a little confusion as to whether we're talking about your thoughts or the use of the therapy. The sentence structure says your thoughts are controversial, but the choice of a singular verb...

However, it seems you wanted to create a surprise for the reader. "What? Only 5%? That's terrible!" ... and then... "Oh! I see! 95% before they ever graduate. Well, that's different! What a wonderful program that must be." This is lost when you join them. Joined, it...

Hi Goodman If you had followed the thread closely, you would have noticed the following. In other words a guru has replied to the question. I agree with Barbara because she has a good command of English, and I've read about this usage before. Creativeguru asked:Only 5% of our students are...

From my Googling, I entered a quoted search “20% of the population”. Then I randomly selected these articles and the result was nearly 50/50 with singular and plural verb agreement. Uganda, Abstinence and the Spread of HIV : NPR Aug 14, 2006 ... In Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland and...