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Hi MrP, how are you doing? Thanks for your last corrections of my paper, which I sent some days ago. I’m finishing another paper, and I have quite a few doubts. There are a couple of long paragraphs. Hope this is not a problem: 1) “Bett, as well as Annas, uses the term “modern” to designate...

is between 800 1000 words I think that i didn t follow the task very well so if you could please help me

All prepositional verbs take prepositional objects. True. But what do we do with ambi-structural "looked after"? They looked (DO) What evidence is there that speakers don't parse "look after" as a unit and "the sheep" as its direct object? It seems all too neat 'n tidy to lump verbs...

Monika asked, in {http://www.englishforums.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=70995} Could you please tell me when to use me or I? I received the following message from an Australian native speaker: ...This is exciting, not only for Sue but for you and I too .. (I thought it was me in this case)...

Hello Mr. Micawber, Thank you for the tip about uncountable and plural countables nouns after of. So the expression 'the activity of users' is correct, and 'the activity of the users' is not because the article has to be placed before singular countable nouns. What do you think about the...

Hello friends, I have a simple question about the use of "which". When I am using "which" as a pronoun, do I need to put a comma before "which"? Example: 1. A third channel is provided by special recruitment agencies, which may be private enterprises or the.. 2. The presence of corporate...

Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) was among India's most fervent nationalists, fighting for Indian independence from British rule. Gandhi rose to the eminence of being called “amoral genius” by no less a person than the celebrated British philosopher C. E. M Joad. (For more on Joad refer to...

You've neatly turned this around, Jim. The proof is overwhelming that are both grammatical and in common use. Ergo, correct English. Now you head off on this tangent instead of locating the proof offerred by PGs to defend the prescription. Not that what you've said and seek to discuss isn't...

Hello Casi Hurmmm... that's interesting! I've waited (for) 15 minutes for the bus. Yes the second 'for' makes the use of the first 'for' awkward, as you pointed out. I think we may paraphrase it as I've awaited the bus (for) 15 minutes , but probably the use of 'await' sounds weird (too...

Some years back, I was sitting in the hub of a Doctors surgery flicking pages of a well thumbed magazine when I discovered an interesting article by a professor of English. The Professor's observations, in regards to teaching children with learning disabilities, were quite amazing. Simply put,...