By Tenses, Colons

Hi Collegebound, Welcome to the forums. Overall, you have a good essay. Stop worrying about your paragraphs. However, I 'm not sure what the topic was that Wisconsin asked for. Where did you put it? As vice president of my Catholic school’s multi-cultural student union, I have learned, first...

Please answer the following questions. 1. Is this the correct use of a semicolon? I don't think the clause after the semicolon can stand on its own. When did you last hear about it? Some said never; others said not since they left home. 2. Why is it have to be past perfect? Is that because...

Hello, this is my first post here, I like to know these wordskilometercentimeterAre those words noun if they are standing alone ? if it's, what kind of noun it's, proper noun or abstract noun or etc ?After that, I want to indentify the part of speech of the following sentence by using the...

Here's my take on the first one. I couldn't see the original. 1. To succeed in today’s high-tech business world, you need highly developed communications skills. - There is one style rule that says not to hyphenate with words that end in -ly. 2. You especially need writing and grammar skills,...

Hi, After a fake academic degree scandal of Ms.Shin, a former professor at Dongguk University, is exposed, a continual coming out of celebrities’ ‘fake degree’ is following like domino effect : Ms.Yun’s confession that she hasn’t attended Ewha Univ. is also one of the case. 1) Does 'scandal'...

Hi guys, If you search Google for various tenses/forms, you'll find a very modest number of entries like these, most of them literary. The word as a verb is also in my dictionary. Clive She (Audrey Hepburn) was companioned by Robert Woldors, a Dutch actor, until her death from Colon Cancer in...

Mister Micawber wrote:I much prefer the first (except it should of course read 'with the'). I suppose the second is possible, but generally the information following a colon is detail rather than an alternative.Hi Mister MicawberI wonder how you should pronounce the word 'read' here. Is it in...

(a) She is not only a classmate but my very best friend whom I will never forget. (a) She is not only a classmate, but also my very best friend, whom I will never forget. (b) After eating, we will go to bookstore to buy some magazines. Or, a magazine. After we eat would be more natural. Or...

Question 1Although the question has already been answered, I should like to comment on why arise is the correct choice. The subject of the clause should any difference arise is difference, which is singular and third person. One of the fundamental principles of English grammar is that the subject...

Piedone wrote: Hi Yong No. I mean what I wrote there Sorry for having misunderstood you. You are reading a letter from your friend: (I read the colon as a full stop. That's the reason for my quering you.) I had arrived two hours before I am writing this letter. I agree with the comments...