By Expressions, Adverbs

You are right, Forbes, we have had this discussion before! Maybe we can introduce some new angles to it.I repeat that I have never said English is easier than other languages. I have said that its grammar and syntax are easy."What have you locked the book I was being read to out of up for?...

Hello Kooyeen, First,thank you very much for your answer . In the meantime I've got the answer on part 1 of my post .It is a question of a preposition at the end of a question.I understand that if ,for example, I ask : Where are you going to? - "where" is a pronoun since it can be replaced with...

wise is commonly added to words to give the same effect as if with respect to were placed before them. It creates an expression that serves as an adverb of manner, answering the question "How?" or "In what way?" I've also seen it added without a space in between: delegatewise. ... could...

Dear teacher: I have a question. what's the difference between the following two expression? 1 I have really (done...)2 I really have (done....) 1 I really have never (done ...)2 I have really never (done...) I don't know which one is correct or both of them are correct. in addition, what...

Please write light should definitely be "please write lightly." "Please make any notes lightly in pencil; these scores will have to be erased clean before we send them back."The dictionary says small can be an adverb, so "please write small" should be fine. I've certainly heard it enough....

"The Change of the Characteristics in the passage from The Hours" The passage from the novel The Hours by Michael Cunningham is intriguing. The passage illustrates the difference between the character's characteristics in different time settings: past and present. This difference is...

1) Are my sentences correct but with a different meaning? I didn't quite get the nuance between the 2 prepositions. Would you please explain the difference again? a) "The plays had been / were performed THROUGHOUT the next ten years"-- many times /every year in that periodb) "He had acted /...

1 - I think you might possibly use uninterruptedly as an adverb modifying continued, but the more usual word is the adjective uninterrupted, thinking of continued as a linking verb with a meaning similar to was. His work continued to be uninterrupted. 2 - You may recall that the present...

Dear teachers, Would you please help me with the following difficuties? 1) Are my sentences correct but with a different meaning? I didn't quite get the nuance between the 2 prepositions. Would you please explain the difference again? a) "The plays had been / were (?) performed THROUGOUT /...

Hi, I know that you use the simple past for an action happened in a definite time in the past and the present perfect for a time period that didn’t end yet. There's more to it than that. You need to review the uses of the Present perfect in a good grammar book. Once, I heard Peter Griffin say...