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CalifJim wrote:A word used to introduce a clause complement of a verb is called a complementizer. Complements are underlined below.I said the word.I said that Jane would be late today.CJ Thanks for the explantion, CJ, but my confusion is still existent in that the first question of this thread...

Dear all,I'm looking for English grammar test worksheets, and don't know which has the best to offer.I've came across this site http://www.autotick.com, where it mentions thier test worksheets use a password to mark.I've not register yet for the free sample the site offer. I want to know is their...

Hi scholar I would like to you to introduce and comment my abtract. I am writing my researh report.Now I try to write abtract that I translate from Thai langquage. Before I tell you about my detail of my abstract I wiil tell you I begin to make these study for 2 years so I expect I must...

Hi dear friends! Can you take a revision of my grammar here? Thank you I tested an acculturation model in the Peruvian community sample that showed the low level of acculturation of Peruvians into the Japanese society and proposed that differences between parents and children in...

Anon, I believe the word you're looking for is "message," not "massage. Thanks for giving me the message. EDITED on February 10: I obviously should have read the first post here more closely. I saw the part about grammar, not sample papers. Using someone else's work and claiming it as your own...

Hi, Do you mean that you want to write this? You have to take a sample test now. ...sample test on reading strategies. The first line is grammatical, but the second line is just a fragment of a sentence. That means that, strictly speaking, it doesn't follow the rules of grammar. Better to say...

Just out of curiosity, Mr. P, how do you distinguish a native speaker who's learned a non-standard form of English from a decent non-native speaker? (e.g. How can you tell if a speaker born in India, Singapore or other Asian countries is native?) MrPedantic wrote: 1. Discrepancies of register....

Hello EU Here are some things that occur to me: 1. Discrepancies of register. A non-native speaker's English may be impeccable, for the most part; but slight failures of tone or register are most noticeable, in impeccable English. For instance, the non-native may use a word which a native...

I took these points up, not so much because they relate to Canada, but because I'm concerned that the examples we offer to the people who are trying to learn from reading this Forum should be both as natural and as correct as possible. I am doing my best - but I can't promise this to anyone.The...

One of the English words that troubles me the most is the little fellow "AS". Below is a sample paragraph quoted from an article: "The giants had been expelled from the mountain; but they had only withdrawn to the neighboring cities of Philistia (Joshua 11:22). Thence they had, as must be...