Speaking as a teacher, I get irritated when I see questions like this in an examination. I feel that it is a trick question. I hope it was not in an exam for those learning English as a Second language. It is grammatically correct to say

Thank you very much for your replies all of you, they are really fascinating to read At my uni, our exchange students regularly do a presentation in what they mention (cultural)differences in Germany in contrast to their home countries and

First of all, let me point out a slight exception to my earlier answer. Sometimes in casual English the noun may be left out if it's obvious from the context. For instance, if we work in a shop and I say to you, "That guy is a regular." In that

It's a shame that your school, like too many others in this country, decided that the study of grammar was dispensable. It gives you a significant handicap when studying foreign languages if you don't know the technicalities of your own language's

I am currently studying Russian and I am finding it very hard to learn without a good basic knowledge of english grammar (which sadly was not on my school curriculum). What I would like is an easily understandable way to learn the different cases

R J Valentine (Email Removed) wrote on 13 Nov 2003: "amongst" is both formal and informal BrE, as is "whilst". But *some* might complain that that wasn't a choice in the original Subject line. True enough.

That's great = That's fantastic OR that's really good. It is good because it is not often I have contact with people from Iran. What type of restrictions exist with relationships? I don't know what you said about Iran but here there are some

Iran! THAT'S GREAT! I know very little about your country. What can you tell me about Iran? The different habits and customs. How long have you been learning English? How have you learnt it?

I am looking for computer software that will assist first second grade students in learning english. I am also looking for a copy of "TRIPLE PLAY PLUS"

Where is "missing"? Missing is a place that is not here and not known, I guess? I would say, "She is missing", but I have heard "went missing" many times. I think that maybe sometimes it could be used like a slang phrase. Such as