English presents a number of issues to non-native (and sometimes native) speakers. It is grammatically unlike other languages, even those from which it has borrowed large vocabulary groups, and possesses a number of irregularities. Understanding

After talking it out with some fellow teachers and looking some terms up...we're still a little unsure about our conclusions. Any clarifications would be greatly appreciated! "I'm going to talk about Ichiro Suzuki." (Starting out

Greetings, Rajivme, one possible correction could be He enjoys gifting me with pens so much that he gives them to me every time we meet. (In this sentence, the repetition of the verb 'gift' and the pronoun 'me' is avoided; the

Thank you so much Guys for such informative answers. It was really helpful

Hi, Both are fine, although the #1 form is more common. Clive

1. You both have good grades. Also why do we use 'I' in the middle of the sentence, shouldnt' it be 'me'?- The position is irrelevant; 'I' is the subject pronoun and 'me' is the object pronoun, wherever they might appear. 2. Charles took Richard

Every Girl Scout met their/her own fundraising goal. Or All the Girls Scouts met her own funraising goal. One tragic effect of Hurricane Katrina was/were massive flooding Politics are/were/is my least favorite conversation Correct Subject

Normal 0 false false false RU X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Hello, Raja, It goes without saying that there is no blame in being a non-native speaker and a layperson in linguistic science, so

To add additional information to Avangi's post, if I saw "its exam... two separate room" I would think the entire class took the first part of the exam in one room and the second part in another room. If I say "their exams ...

Hi, A very minor comment that you don't need to use a capital letter for the word 'class'. Clive