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The assignment was about the different views on marriage we can find in The importance of being earnest. This is the corrected version (done by me) but the original one was written by a student of mine who is at university studying English translation. I thought if I say "we find characters...

Hi daniel5, I don't know much about you. I don't know what grade you are in, or what your native language is, what country you are from, what tools (MS Word?) you have, or what is expected of you. If the expectations are that you will write a 1 to 2 page essay at a high school or first year...

Lukas, So many questions!! Lol Let's see if we can answer some of them--no promises though. You: I use RP English in my essays, I forgot to mention it in the first place, I hope it's not a big problem Me: I don't know what RP English is, so no matter. You: 1st paragraph: ...

Hello, Jim I've been away from the boards lately. I'm not sure you're still interested in my response, but here it goes: 1. I'm afraid I can't tell how often verbs like "wish" are used in the mandative subjunctive. It seems they are used, though, according to my books. Here are a few...

Hello Why be? Because I read a lot of books who teacher gave me to make summary and I found verb + be + past participle and teacher want me make summary for story. That why I am very care about be and my teacher told me must be use models voice correct but me I use it not correct after...

I do think it's pretty logical. The verb patterns, for example, are pretty clear, and the exceptions are not difficult to catch on to. New York is an amazing place. I'm used to it, but when friends visit me from other parts of the country and the world who have never seen it, they are all very...

Ok, sonimu, let's go with those mistakes. You can translate 'ya decia yo' as 'I thought so' because you're implying that you knew something beforehand. Instead of 'I had inherited', I'd say 'I have inherited' because it relates to the present somehow. You have inherited your love for languages...

Miriam wrote the following two quotes: There are cases in which "and" and/or "to" are omitted between two verbs, such as in "go get your coat" (instead of "go and get your coat") or in "go do your homework" (instead of "go and/to do your homework"). I don't know the reason for this, and I...

Dave, I can understand the fact that you find this book you've discovered fascinating. It is difficult for me, though, to discuss grammar and/or linguistics in depth with you. In my opinion, it is one thing to favour a certain approach to a topic after you have considered several different...

There have been a number of recent questions concerning when to use hypens. The following is an excerpt from The Economist magazine's style guide. © The Economist Newspaper Limited 2004 Use hyphens for: 1. FRACTIONS (whether nouns or adjectives): two-thirds, four-fifths, one-sixth,...