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Hi people! I'm quite confused about the form the first element in a compound noun should take. At first, I also confused possession with this issue, though now it seems a whole lot clearer! I'd appreciate it if you could have a look at these sentences (which were written by one of my students)...

I 2> He enjoys ........... activities like painting and playing music. a. abstract b.creative c.powerful d.classic I choose (a) I wouldn't... So I choose (b), is it ok, and why? because even if we sometimes speak of "abstract painting", neither painting nor playing music are abstract...

The latest specification was delivered in order to correct the faults you found in our product's quality. Or: The latest specification was delivered in order to correct the faults found in our product's quality. Finally, this is the one I like best because it is simple: The latest...

Have has many meanings as a transitive verb and two usages as a verbal auxiliary. Transitive verb: -I have a car. -He had three sons. -He had his opponent cornered. -I have a letter to write. He had a concert to conduct.

Hi Jazz, Thanks for saying I could correct your post on line. Re: your reply to Ali; 1. In English we always begin a new sentence with a capital letter, and we use a capital letter for people's names, and for names of places such as London, the Indian Ocean etc. So your greeting should...

Present participles are verb forms ending in '-ing', which are used: As an adjective: 'Look at the dancing bear!' As a noun: 'Dancing is forbidden in the zoo.' To introduce a nonfinite clause: 'Looking at the bear, I blanched in fear.' To form the progressive aspect of finite verbs: 'I was...

1. Use of present perfect tense and simple past tense Speakers of American English generally use the present perfect tense (have/has + past participle) far less than speakers of British English. In spoken American English it is very common to use the simple past tense as an alternative in...

I learned it the same way, pieanne did - and all my grammar books also say that "just" is a signal word for perfect tenses ---> at least in British English. Americn English tends to use "just" with the Simple Past. "Preterite" btw is applicable to English as well as for every Germanic language...

Greetings. Your example sentence is fine. Please note, though, that, "last week" is compatible with simple past verbs, but it's not compatible with present perfect verbs. EX: *I have seen him last week. You've made an excellent point regarding the verb "seem". I believe "seem" requires a...

Morning, Non Con-- 'Better'? I would probably use the past perfect here if I were writing a thesis, a careful formal letter, or a piece of literature (and I think I would be overconservative in doing so). What would I say if I were talking about my wierd friend, Jack? 'Jack sang in the park...