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Dear teachers, Would you please help me with the following difficuties? 1) Are my sentences correct but with a different meaning? I didn't quite get the nuance between the 2 prepositions. Would you please explain the difference again? a) "The plays had been / were (?) performed THROUGOUT /...

Hi, Spiders and crabbs can look very similar and are, in fact, both classifed as arthnopods. Both a spider and a crab has two main body sections, the cephalotohroax and the abdomen. However, crabs usually have two pairs of antennae on their heads. The crabs uses this antennae as sense...

1. "women" - use plural to match "the elderly" & "are more LIKELY" 2. The goals of our program ARE - use plural verb with plural subject 3. MANY benefits - "Much" is for stuff; "many" is for things you can count. 4. there IS a lot of space (missing verb in clause) ...

Hi, can you explain for me this one.We were there yesterday. or We was there yesterday. You need to study the verb 'be', in past tense. I was You were (for both singular and plural) He/she/it was We were They were Next time, please start a new thread for a new question. Thanks, Clive

Hi, The Ibero-American summit in Chile would have been just another meeting of heads of state had it not been for the spat between Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and the Spanish king....

Marius Hancu wrote:It's definitely subjunctive mood. But it's not easy. Dear Marius Hancu,I hope you won't kick me out. From grammatical point of view, I totally agree with you. The if ...., ... would construct gives us a clue that subjunctive is in play, especially Today is the first word...

Hi, 1. I had to help him because he is my friend. I am confused if the use of the verb "is" in the dependent clause is correct. There is a rule that if the verb in the independent clause is in its past or past perfect form, the verb in the dependent or subordinated clause should also be in its...

I was wondering if anyone could help me check whether or not these sentences are grammatically sound: 1. I had to help him because he is my friend. I am confused if the use of the verb "is" in the dependent clause is correct. There is a rule that if the verb in the independent clause is in its...

All the rules for adding S are the same for plurals as for third-person singular present tense verbs, including the words that end in y. That said, there are a few exceptions that you will encounter from time to time, for example, words that end in f or fe. There are so few that you can just...

Hi, Could you please, confirm if the plural for 'scarecrow' is 'scarecrew' ? No. Scarecrows. By the way concerning to the verb to crow, what is its simple past and past perfect tenses ? The rooster crowed. ('The rooster crew' is also possible, but I think less common.) The rooster has...