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Hi Mykol,Here is an extract from answer.com: "phrasal verbs:....take up To raise; lift. To reduce in size; shorten or tighten: take up a gown. To pay off (an outstanding debt, mortgage, or note). To accept (an option, bet, or challenge) as offered. To begin again; resume: Let's take up...

Hi, There is one thing that I'm having a hard time on; verb tense. Is it okay if I make a list of tasks that way : If you are describing your current job, use simple present to describe your 'tasks', eg write reports. If it's your previois job, use simple past, eg wrote...

Thanks, There is one thing that I'm having a hard time on; verb tense. Is it okay if I make a list of tasks that way : 1-Programming applications ... 2-Writing reports ... 3-Attending to meetings... instead of using the simple past ? In addition, before listing the tasks I would like...

I suppose we could haggle that it should be present perfect, but this is a common enough utterance. For a resume, I would change it. More disconcerting is the two be-verbs. I have been a qualified cook since passing...

Dear all, All passages below are from “Crazy English” – by Richard Lederer, POCKET BOOKS. (I tried to find an Internet link, but failed. So please pardon me for the length of the text, which I believe would be very informative). “HETERONYMS – words with same spelling as other words but...

Lin1978 wrote:Dear Masters,The grammar, "the verb transferred to passive terms", preplexes me all the time. I have read an article,"women with money encounter the fragile male ego on date", in New York Times. There is a sentence in this article,"Women are encountering forms of the hostility they...

Lin1978 wrote:Dear Masters,The grammar, "the verb transferred to passive terms", preplexes me all the time. I have read an article,"women with money encounter the fragile male ego on date", in New York Times. There is a sentence in this article,"Women are encountering forms of the hostility they...

Dear Masters,The grammar, "the verb transferred to passive terms", preplexes me all the time. I have read an article,"women with money encounter the fragile male ego on date", in New York Times. There is a sentence in this article,"Women are encountering forms of the hostility they weren't...

When I edit, I try not to change the writer's apparent meaning, Ice. The poster may have made a mistake in word choice, but I should not presume to know Amy's status with the company. Either verb is possible.

Pavarotti, widely regarded as one of the world's greatest opera singers, has been dogged by ill health in recent years. Before the cancer was found, he cancelled performances as a result of neck and back operations, the latter of which was complicated by an infection, and laryngitis. After...