Couldn't you make it into this: What remains today are only tiny remnants of the extensive forests that clothed much of northern Europe 7,000 years ago. Somehow it just doesn't feel right to separate remain with a comma, unless your

Hi InViVe: * I am almost certain that one is needed in a title of a chapter of a document i am writing, specifically: "Robotics platforms' overview". Am i right? I woould not use an apostrophe because it is not possessive (the

Hi, Anon.     The man who repairs gas appliances in people's houses, or checks how much gas they have used must be working for a gas company. I think it's better to regard the ing-clauses as appended clause---an elliptical clause (usually

Hello, I would like to know whether both of the following sentences are correct. Thank you for your answers! 1. The shoe repairer is so quick he can fix the shoes in a jiffy. 2. The shoe repairer is so quick he can fix the

The driver trook the people who had been waiting for a ride. - Do you find anything wrong in it? But the explanation in the book says, it is wrong. FOR A RIDE refers PEOPLE. But even if FOR A RIDE refers PEOPLE, it is not sentence fragment. The

Dear Prof, How are you? ? (multiple question marks is informal) A nd how is everything going? thanks a l ot for asking .. you are so thoughtful and caring.. i have am taking 9 credit hours this summer: Numerical (?) , Engineering

Dear Mr. P I am an English speaking person living in South Africa. My training in letter writing was from the Pitman's Institute, an English Institution. In South Africa we write in English English it just sounds different. My boss was

Hello how about this ? is this correct "Paris's bag" (here she's paris hilton :) Best Regards

Uli: I have made a few suggetions. You could do a better job of organizing your letter in paragraphs with one main idea. Also, if you made shorter sentences, it may be less stilted and more fluent. Please also pay attention to punctuation. All

Hi CaliJim, Thanks for carrying me this far. Though my habit of paraphrasing is bit out of control. My biggest concern is sentences with " a comma + a participial clause ", or relative clauses with " a common + a relative