WANG CHUN wrote: 1. A ncient and modern human beings use their great intelligence to invent machines that help people lead a comfortable and convenient life. My problem with this sentence is that it is not possible for ancient human

Maserati wrote: After she knew her subordinate affiliated with IBM Company, she made many eulogies and promised to back away from IC field. "Once she knew her subordinate had affiliated with the IBM Company, she was very complimentary

Hello Sharad If "novel" in your sentence means "a work of fiction", it needs a definite article. "To publishers" also sounds a little strange; as does "a period of years". Let me adjust it a little: 1. Developing over several years, the

Hello, Normally, I don't use the definite article in sentenses such as: Save the file in PDF format. Convert the document into Word format. Is it correct? If so, I'm a bit curious why? There is only one and only format we call PDF (or

John Dean typed thus: (1) This is getting ridiculously fast. My post of two minutes ago arrived there before I started this one. (2) ... nine hundred odd rules regarding punctuation, verb tenses, and so on. Of course, correct usage develops over

Neither of your natural-sounding examples has an indefinite article followed by a time unit followed by "before" within an "if" clause. It seems to me that one or more of these factors must be contributing to the difference we sense. "I think

Richard Fry typed thus: Soccer is a sport, cricket is a sport, etc. So then why does UK English refer to a collection of these activities in the singular tense? Why not "sports?" But it doesn't. I play five sports. Many sports are

I recently saw a scene on TV where an assistant hands to his boss a cup of freshly squeezed juice ... me. I'd appreciate any comments. (I'm uneasy about the tenses to use in the last paragraph. Do they sound right?) I think "the

lemlem wrote on 14 Sep 2004: I recently saw a scene on TV where an assistant hands to his boss a cup of freshly squeezed juice ... have been referring to the pulp in the cup he was holding, but that doesn't make much sense to me. It

I recently saw a scene on TV where an assistant hands to his boss a cup of freshly squeezed juice he asked for, but after a glance he coldly gives it back saying he doesn't like pulp: Boss: I thought we talked about this. I don't like