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Randy_Tam wrote:That 'we are all abiding by some basic (prescriptive) rules of English grammar' amounts to me something like a tautology: a language is idiosyncratic in that it has some structural rules (instead of being arbitrary... let's do an experiment: say I you understand what won't... at...

That 'we are all abiding by some basic (prescriptive) rules of English grammar' amounts to me something like a tautology: a language is idiosyncratic in that it has some structural rules (instead of being arbitrary... let's do an experiment: say I you understand what won't... at any rate you will...

Just my take on it. Let's look at the structure of an e-mail or a letter for that matter. Simply said you have 3 parts. 1. opening or greeting 2. body 3. closing or ending NOTE: greeting means hello and not good-bye. As was pointed out " yours faithfully " is out of style but it still is...

Hello, Hina Shahid. I've just read your post, and I must say I find it shocking. Many people come to these forums daily looking for someone who will do their homework. The regular posters here, however, do not do other people's homework. I can understand -to some extent- the children and...

Hi. I am doing a course of Diploma in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL). Just need some help and guidlines in a few querries. Following are the questions. make sure to answer with complete explanation and ample of examples so that i can understand the topic well. Question 1:...

Hello MrP Frankly I felt a bit embarrassed when I read Pastel's original post that says about the use of <is going to do> in the result clause of an if sentence. It is because I had long believed <is going to do> was rarely used in if sentences. I have three grammar books and three...

Hello MrPedantic, CalifJim! Modality & conditional are not my favorite subjects, but I hope I wouldn't bother your discussion if I add here a few words. (I beg your pardon in advance: I will ignore here completely the problem of subjunctive or other matters, peculiar to English...

??I want that you clean up your room this instant! It would not surprise me to learn that it was possible in some NAmE Englishes. Some Romance language speaking immigrants may speak it. Quote from Everything2 : The Subjunctive Mood of English After verbs which formerly used the...

mehrdad, From the tone of your response I take it you may have misinterpreted my response! My apologies! I had absolutely no intention of intimating that you were a scatterbrain! I was simply railing against those linguists and grammarians who want to reinvent English grammar because they...

Hello, kumar, I've moved your post to this section (General English grammar questions), it should get more reads. When you say "he hasn't come", it means that HE can still come, the possibility is open. You're in the present moment, it could be paraphrased by "he isn't here " When you say "he...