According to one usage guide, since and ago cannot be used together. Never say since two/three/four months/years ago . According to another grammar book, since a minute ago is correct. I am confused. Can anyone explain this usage? There

Hello Gleb, Thank you, again, for your answer! Let me say from the outset, that I am neither a native speaker, nor an expert in linguistics, but nonetheless interested, so please forgive me that I am not as well-versed as far as technical terms

Hi, I'd change these: 5. The sun was eclipsed by the moon. ACTIVE PASSIVE 9. This bone has been buried by the dog . PASSIVE 10. It takes a long time to think of these examples . PASSIVE ACTIVE 13. There was a cup of coffee on the table but now

There's another expression with the same word. Knock their socks off = do so well that you really surprise everyone

Hi HSS I think the clip may have changed -- since it's a weather forecast, it has probably been updated. I didn't hear what you referred to. Also, your link took me to a forecast presented by a woman (not a man). However, I would guess

Thanks a lot! I gonna try to write again

Hi Friends, Glad being here. Here is my first post. Passage A Passage B Passage C If in each of the passages, we have a conclusion. Now in passage D, we want to mention one of them like this: ... the proceding/above/previous conclusion tells us

Hello! Help please, to figure out what does the expression in bold mean? Hey, Tommy, good luck on Sunday! Sock one out of the park for me!

Hello, Pleasehelp, ' where it's at ' is a set expression that became widespread in the sixties of the 20th century. In an example like I don't know where it's at it means that the speaker does not understand the essential truth

the past participle of the verb "go", is it "been"? No. It's gone . "go" in this case has irregular form in the past participle which is "been" That seems logical, but normally we analyze the situation