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Hello everyone,I'm trying to practice my understanding of grammar. I'm trying to be as detailed as possible in my explanations.Is the following analysis right? Is there anything I should/could add to it?Thanks. The moment she entered1, the woman presented a sharp contrast to our shiny store2...

Simplebeing wrote:I wonder if there are any reference books providing such subtle differences in meaning for these 'synonyms' since sometimes most dictionaries don't have further explanation. Or, by other what channels to get this kind of information ? Thank you <>I'd suggest buying:...

The following exchange is correct. -- Shall I wake him? -- If it's not too early. It assumes the answer is Yes, wake him if it's not too early. The omission of a group of words that can be understood from context is called ellipsis. If it's not too early, on its own, is not a...

Since can be used either as a preposition or a conjunction. When it is used as a preposition, it is not followed by an adverbial phrase. http://www.englishforums.com/English/SinceAgo/cgzpk/Post.htm 1. He has lived in Taipei for three years. -- correct2. He has lived in Taipei since three years...

"Suggest" has two usages.1) As a synonym to "propose" or "advise". In this case, the subject is commonly persons, and when a that-clause is used as the object, the clausal sentence is expressed in present subjunctive (AmE) or with use of "should" (BrE). (EX) They suggested that the US...

1. He has lived in Taipei for three years. -- correct2. He has lived in Taipei since three years ago. -- incorrect3. He has lived in Taipei since he arrived there three years ago. -- correct

But all you've done is replace "will" with a synonyms expression Yes. I did that on purpose to show that "will" is not a marker of the future in that clause. CJ

There is no grammatical rule preventing this combination, and occasionally expressions using both (such as 'since one minute ago' in direct answer to the question 'since when?') may be encountered. Generally, however, we use a for-phrase to form a period adverbial. He has lived in Taipei for...

RE: I didn't stop until I (had) reached the top" an attempt wrote: Some confusion arises if we do use the Past Perfect here: it appears that the action in the first clause, “not stopping” (i.e. going up the hill), came first and the action in the second was after that going. So we see that in...

Hi MrP, assuming that you might take a look at these sentences. If you have no background in philosophy, how do you know about Sextus Empiricus? Well, here are some other doubts I have: 1) "This is the only passage of A's work which presents the notion of philanthropy as the key to the...