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1. expounding (a systematic explanation (usually written) of a specific topic): Here is a very specific expounding to explain how the earth formed. No. Expound is a verb not a noun. e.g. He expounded on how the earth was formed. 2 . torrent: Be careful, there is torrent there! torrent is...

regret is finite. It is inflected for person, number, and tense. Compare: having started to smoke. having started and to smoke are both non-finite, being a gerund and infinitive, respectively. (Both are uninflected forms.) CJ

Hi Feathers, strange dictionary this one! Yes, I think that 'To find oneself in a state of' is much better than 'to put oneself in a state of.' I still think you should try to be consistent in tense and style within a sentence even if you are expressing a number of ideas. Crush -...

Yes, you use the present to show the "continuing truth" of the situation, but the past to show that you have already learned it. I found out that if the number is unique, then ... is correct. To my ears, if you say I found out that if the number was unique, then then whatever it was that...

Which is the correct one between the two sentences below: I found out that if the number is unique then ... or I found out that if the number was unique then ... Here is what I'm trying to describe. I ran some software tests and I found out for a fact that when the number given is...

I see. But, I checked the Longman Contemporary English which says : rise1 S2 W1 /raûz/ past tense rose /rë|z $ ro|z/, past participle risen /"rûzÊn/ What about that? Please advise. LCChang

This is my version which agrees with your points, Kajjo. To (in order to) increase the octane number, the following lead compounds are added to the petrol for motor vehicle and airplane engines: tetraethyl lead (TEL) and tetramethyl lead (TML), in a solution of so called ethyl liquid (the...

They are the main verbs but are not finite verbs: that is, they do not change with person, number, tense, etc: I shall fly; she will fly I might fly, she might fly . Confusingly, neither do the modals change; but otherwise, the formation is no different than with more normal verbs: I let fly,...

As to the first sentence, I think "that" is often needed. The Google results: A.” It is important he” 19600 B.”It is important that he" 86500 While the 19600 results include large number of "it is important, he". And the verbs in the rest are not in Subjunctive forms with very few...

Former Irish Prime Minister Charles Haughey has died at his Dublin home at the age of 80 after a long illness. Mr Haughey had been suffering from prostate cancer and associated complications for a number of years. Premier for three separate terms between 1979 and 1992, he was...