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(a) She is not only a classmate but my very best friend whom I will never forget. (a) She is not only a classmate, but also my very best friend, whom I will never forget. (b) After eating, we will go to bookstore to buy some magazine s . Or, a magazine. After we eat would be more natural. Or...

Question 1 Although the question has already been answered, I should like to comment on why arise is the correct choice. The subject of the clause should any difference arise is difference , which is singular and third person. One of the fundamental principles of English grammar is that the...

Piedone wrote: Hi Yong No. I mean what I wrote there Sorry for having misunderstood you. You are reading a letter from your friend: (I read the colon as a full stop. That's the reason for my quering you.) I had arrived two hours before I am writing this letter. I agree with...

Hi, You wrote: Generally, when using the present perfect tense, we are not specific RE: when the action occured. (1) I think the correct sentence is: Generally, when using the present perfect tense, we are not specific RE when the action occured. Am I right? "Re" is a...

Hi, 1. You will not have heard of me before but I used to live next door to your sister. 2. That is absurd; they really could not have taken your motorbike by mistake, surely ? 3. You are a bit overweight; you should have been doing more regular exercise. 4. You were to have been promoted....

Hi Believer, 1 - Both of your "Which... is correct" are okay, to my ears. If you are speaking in the present tense, I still HAVE no answer or answers, depending on the context. I've been strugging with this math problem for an hour, but I still have no answer. (A single answer to the...

Hello Georg. The following words and phrases need repair: At first -- or omit it entirely have gave in UNIVERSITY2 -- wrong preposition September 2000 -- I think I am a little late in helping you. till - change to 'through' reasons -- needs a comma succeed in serving -- change to...

This letter is well written, and your English is good. But I did spot a few mistakes. And many of your sentences are too long, you need to use more commas and fullstops. In the second paragraph: "...my future plans of seeking a carrier in an international organization.." The word is career...

Hello Sextus, how have you been? 1) Yes, > troubles me a little. I suppose the sense here is 'equilibrium of contending opposites'. There must be a common phrase for this. 30) Commas fine. 31) Clear to me, yes. 32) Perhaps report > account. If 'gave', I would put 'did' for 'does'....

Pilita, I think your problem is that you are inconsistent. Some of your sentences are perfectly correct, but then you make elementary mistakes in other sentences that seem to show that you haven't totally understood why your best sentences are as good as they are! For example, your...