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Jackson6612 wrote: Need sometimes behaves like a modal, for example 'She need know', 'She needn't know', or, in more formal English, 'She need not know'. Examples: 1: You needn't worry 2: Buying budget-priced furniture needn't mean compromising on quality or style... 3: Loneliness...

Hello, this is my first post here, I like to know these words kilometer centimeter Are those words noun if they are standing alone ? if it's, what kind of noun it's, proper noun or abstract noun or etc ? After that, I want to indentify the part of speech of the following setence by using the...

Hi, 1. I was looking at the an Associated Press report titled "U.S. blames Shiite militia for attacks" in YAHOO! News and saw this sentence. How does the underlined verb show the pertinence to the present? Rogue Shiite militiamen with Iranian weapons and training launched three-quarters of...

Hi, I think this is what is happening eventhough I might not be an authoritative source on this. Newspapers are written to inform and with that purpose in mind, the people involved in reporting events do their best to write articles in consideration of space, aesthetic appeal?, and other...

Believer wrote: Side question: A lot of dictionaries seem to indicate that the word 'subjunctive' is usually precede with the article 'the', but lately I seem to see cases where it is made plural or it with 'a' in front of it (like 'a subjunctive'). Are they correct? are Hi Believer Grammatical...

Hi, Philip. I sometimes am confused about a real need to comply with the sequence like something happened before this and happened after that for a perfect tense. I was reading an article titled "Lake Tahoe wildfire forces evacuations" written by Aaron Davis of the Associated Press in YAHOO!...

Yoong Liat wrote: Hi Philip (f) When the weather / day ( was ) hot, she carries the umbrella. I don't understand why 'was' (past tense) goes with 'carries' (present tense). " ... she carries umbrella"? (Why is there no article?) Sorry! Two mistakes on my part. 'is' goes with 'carries'. I...

Hi Philip (f) When the weather / day ( was ) hot, she carries the umbrella. I don't understand why 'was' (past tense) goes with 'carries' (present tense). " ... she carries umbrella"? (Why is there no article?)

Hi Nik A good first draft, but you need to have a look again at some parts. First of all, you might want to look up the words "lecturer" and "reading". A lecturer is a person who stands up in front of a group and gives information. Unless you are commenting on an actual live lecture you...

Massacre proceeds rapidly and is indiscriminate. Perfectly acceptable - it means Massacre proceeds rapidly and massacre is indiscriminate. Massacre is indiscriminate with its rate of progress being rapid Probably needs a comma, to separate the main statement from the additional information....