Please read the second sentence. There should be no “the”. “As it stands now, most are not sure if it is possible.” The question: is the above a correct statement " The engineers are checking to get you more detail. As it stands now the

To be considered for an interview for the college I want to go to I need to write a letter of motivation. I've never written a letter like this before, so I could use some help. I have to at least touch upon these points: Why would you like

Hi all ! In my online grammar classes I have been given several sentences to check and I have managed to resolve all of them except this one: "I wondered do you often stay out so late at night or not". I have tried al possible solutions but the

Yep, that's exactly right. The speaker changed it from "you" to "we" which it's why it's so confusing. I wish I could just change it to "What do you think?" but it has to be verbatim. I like the italics idea, but is that proper grammar? I don't

Idealistic wrote: “The Lord of the flies” is a classic novel written by William Golding in 1954. I see nothing wrong with the sentence. It has a passive relative clause equivalent and in such structures a past participle (written) is

Perhaps because it contains an anachronism. Authors don't write classic novels. They write novels which may or may not become classics. Does this version seem better? Written in 1954, William Golding's novel "The Lord of the Flies"

“The Lord of the flies” is a classic novel written by William Golding in 1954. For some reason this sentence seems in correct. Perhaps the tense of the wording is off?

Your baby isn't going to care about proper grammar. It's the sound of your voice that's important. You may have heard something like this in my household: There's a good girl. Drink it up. Is it yummy? Were you a hungry girl? You must have

It is true that "ones," according to proper grammar should not follow "these" or "those" only because one is a singular object. If there is a plural number, "one" becomes inappropriate however there are few people I know (I live in the midwest US)

While it's important to learn proper grammar, it's probably more important to learn to speak and write like an educated native. That sometimes means laying aside what is technically correct for what is colloquial. "It's I," or, "It is I," sound