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I got to know about this summer school very recently, and the deadline for the application is the 2nd of June, so I don't have a lot of time for writing a good cover letter... And I can't even say I'm experienced in it. I badly need someone's help!!!! All the opinions are welcome! Here is...

There's a pleasing symmetry with the idea that the Qu'ran in English isn't the word of God. On the other hand, if someone accepts that the Bible in English is: ...God's written word... isn't it then valid for that person to conclude that "English was good enough for Jesus"? — the past...

Kooyeen wrote:just - always with past simple (I just saw it)yet - always with perfect tenses. (I haven't seen it yet) (See below...)already - with both perfect tenses and past simple. (I've already seen it - I already checked it)ever and never - practically always with perfect tenses. (I...

Clive wrote: Hi, is there such thing in English ? I think you'd have to say it explicitly eg, I saw, I heard, I witnessed, etc. I have a question. If you use the Turkish tense that you are referring to, does it mean I saw Linda lose her passport (which is not an event you'd typically...

You are on fire man! Thanks a lot! Marius Hancu wrote:I don't think this is an English idiom. It's used mainly in German forums, and I've found an explanation from someone: ------- Perhaps it was something like an impossible translation of the German "schwer auf Draht sein" into "to be...

I don't think this is an English idiom. It's used mainly in German forums, and I've found an explanation from someone: ------- Perhaps it was something like an impossible translation of the German "schwer auf Draht sein" into "to be heavy on the wire". It should mean, to be top...

Thank you for your answer! Actually, I was confused by the form of the first, not the second verb. In other translations of this novel Past Tense is used with both "answer" and "say". Just can't see the reasons for grammatical expression of anteriority in the translation with Past Perfect....

The easiest explanation of the whole lyric is ''Even if I am/were water,fire,stone or even something unthinkable like this KAÇ/How many, would you still love me.''The verb is to count. Like counting people, books, pieces, scores, numbers.It has another meaning as I stated in the previous post...

I just copied the lyric from a Turkish songs' lyrics page.I know the song well. One of my favorites.The word is sayılmasam, not sayılmazsam.I don't want to get involved in a Turkish grammer question, because this is a English grammar forum.But in case you are interested in, meaning of sayılmasam...

Hello All, Hope you can help me out here. I have been using "I am yet to (followed by verb)" for a long time, since I learnt it in primary school I think. However, yesterday, there was an argument about the standard of English in my college. One of the participants pointed out that my statement,...