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Absolute length is of less importance than good essay structure and expression. It is important to take the first five minutes of your half-hour time limit to jot down a few key notes, organize your thinking, and devise the thesis sentence. I advise my students to think their essay through to...

Mmmmm, very interesting post, santa. I knew about where f**k came from. But I didn't know about the origin of "Goodnight, sleep tight", which is a very funny expression for me. How about these? To be in another person's shoes -- to take someone's place. In the Viking age, when a man adopted a...

Andrei, Nice theory, but I'm afraid it won't work! Let me explain. First of all, "I can't stand your being here." (or even "you are being here", if it were correct), is different from "you are a being a teacher" (which isn't 100% correct either). In English, the use of the verb "to be" in...

Hello, my name is Michelle, and I am a 17 year-old girl from the United States. I am a native English speaker, and have always wanted to help someone improve their English. I can help with most things, from grammar and spelling, to conversational English, to slang and expressions. :D I'm so glad...

"There are four distinct words here. When "affect" is accented on the final syllable (a-FECT), it is a verb meaning "have an influence on": "The million-dollar donation from the industrialist did not affect my vote against the Clean Air Act." A much rarer meaning is indicated when the word is...

“Remember that the expresion comes from a verbal form, so the noun has to be hyphenated. So, one "thank-you" or several "thank-you's" (because of the compound form).” Hi Raul Thanks for answering this one. Actually, I misunderstood the question. Anyway, I checked the dictionary to satisfy my...

>> Thanks Pemmican for your well thought out comments. You strike me as a diligent language scholar, so I greatly appreciate what you have to say. Thank you very much, Mike, but I wouldn't say I strike you This is just the way I see it. >> Of course only a fool would argue that the...

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