O czasie 2004-06-10 14:38, taki/taka jeden/jedna CyberCypher wzią/ęł(a) i napisał(a) : Unless English has changed on your side of the pond, ... compelled to do so, he will not dress for dinner". I'm not asking about the person but

HIGHLY SELECTED SELFISH EXAMPLES Give me any newspaper of today and I will find lots of Simple-Present examples such as these: Ex1: Recent polls SHOW Bush's standing with the public has weakened as Americans..... Ex2: Several groups,

for I and YOU pronouns...in rules of using is and are....singular nouns/pronouns normally follow the linking verb in singular form. However with I and YOU, even if they appear to be one person. I and YOU are exceptions. the proper grammar for it

"CyberCypher" (Email Removed) schrieb im Newsbeitrag R H Draney wrote on 03 Jun 2004: CyberCypher filted: I've never quite been able to get a ... seen", where each form comprises the same number of words..r I don't know the

I have had to think hard about this one. I think there is a slight difference. My experience is that most speakers (including myself) use "might". The word "may" seems to be dying out. But compare: "We may as well go shopping" with: "I might

Deepa, I totally agree with you! As examples always enlighten a lot, I'll give you some impressions of my mother tongue German: I have to say that English in many cases is simpler than my native language. You mentioned e.g. the gender of a

We've pretty much covered the apple, with all it's various different shades of meaning above. Your mention of "singular pronoun" is misleading, however. Everything would work out exactly the same if it had said "Our" instead of "My". The number of

a1)Does she have a good sense of humor ? right grammar( i think) because "have" is being used as present tense. and "Has" for past tent. b2) What she has done to deserved this ? "has" is to be use because it is already in the past.

What books would you recommend to learn more about the modal verbs? I've written here, on alt.english.usage and on uk.culture.language.english; I've read tons of messages in the archive of this newsgroup (particularly a thread of 137

Here is a URL that gives an explanation of the backshift rule: http://tinyurl.com/w0ch I have skimmed that page, and to me it looks more like a set of examples than a comprehensive explanation. There is an excellent exposition of "sequence of