should has several uses. I assume you are referring only to the usage of 'advisory' should , which is the only one which is close to had better in meaning. ___________ had better can be used in situations of implied threat, and should is

Question #2 has the statement I mentioned earlier. Yes. I see. Some of these web sites are put together quickly without too much attention to the fine points of grammar! CJ

WARNING You do not use ago and since together. You also do not say that something has been happening "since three years ago". You say that it has been happening for three years. Quoted from COLLINS COBUILD ENGLISH USAGE.

Hello, would someone pelease tell me why the word "be" is used in the following sentense? " ... but the law in Tennessee strictly dictates there be no fun actually had in such establishments ... " Is "dictate

CJ, Thanks and sorry for the delay in replying. I missed the alert message of this question. Please see this link. Question #2 has the statement I mentioned earlier.

Every Girl Scout met their/her own fundraising goal. Or All the Girls Scouts met her own funraising goal. One tragic effect of Hurricane Katrina was/were massive flooding Politics are/were/is my least favorite conversation Correct Subject

It depends on the situation. For example: "I didn't see her at the party ." Or: "I didn't see her yesterday ." This usage is for a specific time or place in the past. Or: "I haven't seen her in a week

Do not underline titles, that is a printer's tool. A document title, such as in your example, is either italicized or has quotation marks around it. For example, a book title is italicized but a chapter title has quotation marks around it. See

I've been told by British friends that "different to" is basically the British equivalent of the American "different than": Neither is approved of by hardcore prescriptivists, but everybody uses them anyway. The American

"I haven't seen her." "I didn't see her." Does it matter whether "have" or "did" is used? Are they interchangeable in this sense or is there a slight difference? Kind of confused here.. a matter