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Yes. Within this group of expressions, the only one that differs significantly when American and British English are compared is "to hospital", which doesn't occur in American English, because at the time of the founding of the country there was only one hospital. So if a person "went to the...

Hello, I'm new to the forum and I find it really kind of you that you take all the trouble to help other people. I'm Spanish and have just started working as a secretary. My boss has given me a letter to translate into English, could you please have a look at it and tell me if it's right? I've...

Please! help me fix my research paper.....thanks a lot > > Girls and the Science>> >>Just about everything one comes in contact with involves mathematics in one form or another. Most of the items one uses on a daily basis are so common that one may not...

Hi davkett, No, I'm not quoting a textbook explanation for the phrase. Yes, it can be translated as'it would be timely if' on the stipulaton that "would" is used. In fact that is the matter, hypothetical meaning. In your former post, you employed the phrase "... the time ...". Article the...

I think the following article from Webster's Dictionary of English Usage answers some of our questions. very 1. "Very" and the past participle . Fitzedward Hall 1873 cited a Professor Maximilian Muller as asserting that expressions like "very pleased" and "very delighted"...

As Julie says, #1 and #2 are both common expressions. #3 is odd even with an article added, though. A more common permutation of the expression is 'You are the one who must/should/has to make the decision'.

Interesting thoughts, friends. Of course your first option is correct, MrP. However as I said earlier, prespective grammar started with the Latin influence. Nowadays, any grammarians who claims that this usage is right, and nothing more, regardless to the real usage among the speakers of a...

There's not really a rule, no. But sometimes (not always) there's an expression without either infinitive or gerund which parallels the troublesome situation. If the parallel expression has the preposition "to" then you'll need the gerund form when you use the verb. Example: "used to", where...

It is a reasonably common informal expression, but with the definite article: 'to bring something into the picture'. 'The' because the 'picture' (= problem/discussion/consideration) you're speaking of has already been mentioned. You can also step back for a perspective on the problem and...

1. Hey hi… I’m looking at this dish and it looks really good…can you tell me what it’s made of? 2. Excuse me, do you know what's in this one? no this one, in the front, yeah...no? huh, ok 3. What is in this dish? 4. What’s in it? These are four answers to the same situation, “What would you...