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i missed your previous conversation about the tense of teams, but i tend to disagree with 'the heat is and the mavericks are.' as a beginning editor, one of the most important things i'm learning is that (in formal writing) it's vitally important to use parallel structure whenever possible....

I guess you don't get out much, Anon. Here is a sampling of respectable online sources. Doing a bit of Google research yourself will turn up many, many more.The American Heritage Dictionary: Grammarians have sometimes objected to the so-called double genitive construction, as in a friend of my...

Anonymous wrote: Although Chinese syllable structure is as you suggest, this is completely different from the importance of word structure. Words in Chinese are composed of a single syllable, whereas words in English and Spanish can be composed of a large number of syllables. This distinction is...

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I don't mean to be argumentative. I've been wrong here, and am glad to learn something when I am. Heck, just today I learned about the order of adjectives, something I had never realized was actually codified anywhere. But I stand by "I can't think of a single example in which you'd say...

I think the topic is going off the tangent. Some of the examples put up in the replies were not mean to suggest “it’s acceptable”; rather, if it was grammatically correct. I agree no one native or otherwise will use that type of “inverted construction” in every conversation. From a pragmatic...

A restaurant in my neighborhood reminds us amusing and enjoyable (memories or times...) generally, because it involves atomosphere of delicious food, conversation with friends or family. Where I live, in Japan, in every weekend, many people visit restrants. However, personally I would oppose...

для-чего ты не пишеш по русский?It's good to know some people are smart enough to translate Kostya, from Russian into Konstantin. What I meant by saying what I said was, when we were ruled by one Party -- the Leader had the Power, but we made the decisions. It's not how you think it is in a...

Well, i have tried to write down my own application but i think its more terrible than/as? the machine`s version. Could you help me to correct it? english is not my favourit subject although I would like to be able to do it gladly..:-)Since I had completed my education as an industry mechanic I...

Hello,i study technician engineering in germany and my last english lesson is about 7 years ago. I've wrote an application in german, but i need an english translation too. Therefore i have used a translator. But I think there are a lot of mistakes and grammer errors....