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Hi, Paco I purposedly didn't choose the verb "study" ; you're quite right, "I'm studying English" also means your present courses include English. It's a general activity of yours at the moment. That's why "I study English" is also correct. I think the -ing form stresses the fact you're...

Hello Roro Excellent writing! I believe you are an advanced English learner, at least a learner much more advanced than me. Anyway, what I feel about the problem you have now is that it rather come from your misunderstanding the tense relation in a sentence using the time connective word ....

Hello Guest Why didn't register your membership here? If you register, you can see your post immediately. I+wish+you+to-verb? (EX) I wish you to stop smoking here. It sounds the speaker is strongly requesting. paco

Good morning, Paco! I am in Colorado, where it is not unusual to have snow in the mountains this time of year, but it's a little late for snow here in Denver. I woke up this morning thinking of one thing to add to my last comment. When I said you should avoid two "ing" verbs in a row, I meant...

Paco: By the way I have a feeling that English 'now' (in the linguistic sense, not in the physical sense) is not instantaneous, but it seems to occupy some span in the time that flows from the past to the future. Otherwise I cannot understand the usage of the present progressive tense. JTT:...

In modern English, 'who' works as both a subject and an object. ++ http://pinker.wjh.harvard.edu/articles/media/1994_01_24_thenewrepublic.html The first story was a nonpartisan analysis of supposed pronoun case errors made by the two candidates in the 1992 US presidential election....

Hi Jazz, Thanks for saying I could correct your post on line. Re: your reply to Ali; 1. In English we always begin a new sentence with a capital letter, and we use a capital letter for people's names, and for names of places such as London, the Indian Ocean etc. So your greeting should...

From: http://www.craigmarlatt.com/canada/symbols_facts&lists/canadianisms.html loonie A dollar. The Canadian $1 coin has a loon (the bird) on one side. toonie Two dollars. The Canadian $2 coin is gold-coloured in the middle, with a silver-coloured ring around the outside. It takes its...

Question 1] a) The letter came to me only yesterday. --> Only yesterday did the letter come to me. In intro adverbial inversion, when should be inserted, but what about this one? b) Only yesterday come the letter to me. Is b) grammartically correct? No. "came" is what you want - and...

I have several questions today. Question 1] a) The letter came to me only yesterday. --> Only yesterday did the letter come to me. In intro adverbial inversion, when should be inserted, but what about this one? b) Only yesterday come the letter to me. Is b) grammartically...