By Literature, Expressions

Is this expression OK? Can you please give me a better suggestion for this expression in the context: ''the so called elitist or true/real literature'' is rottening of boredom'' (because nobody reads it) If you have any suggestions and corrections, let me know. Thank you

Is this expression OK? It sound awkard. Here's the context: Stated figures are not at all encouraging, and it seems that the relationship toward book/reading is consistent in Croatia – namely, in the 1930's, Antun Barac dealt in a more systematic way with problems of literary communication, and...

Hello! 1. Can you please tell me which of the two denotes the books that pupils in high-school have to read in English classes? 2. My second question is what is the word, phrase or expression that means that you laugh to yourself (that others don't hear you, but you are not laughing ''to''...

Hi Jersey, thanks ;-) For mentioning Nabokov's Lolita! By the way, in the quote above there's an expression: ┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈ ... the alto-like name of a lovely Crimean town is echoed by its viola ... ┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈ The health resort town...

Please! help me fix my research paper.....thanks a lot > > Girls and the Science>> >>Just about everything one comes in contact with involves mathematics in one form or another. Most of the items one uses on a daily basis are so common that one may not realizes that...

Hi davkett, No, I'm not quoting a textbook explanation for the phrase. Yes, it can be translated as'it would be timely if' on the stipulaton that "would" is used. In fact that is the matter, hypothetical meaning. In your former post, you employed the phrase "...the time ...". Article the here...

Hi I was writing a term paper for my class and upon checking my grammar I found some mistakes and corrected them to the best that I can. However, I dont think I catch all of them. PLease check my paper and if you see grammar mistakes please tell me. ANy comment, suggestion, etc is most...

Thanks for the answers. Here are some more questions: 1) The famous passage: “with respect to the liberal studies the Skeptics experienced something almost similar to what they experienced with respect to the whole of philosophy. For just as they approached the latter with the desire of reaching...

The sentences seem old-fashioned to me. I doubt you'll find them in contemporary literature or speech. There are lots of different expressions you can use: 1) Mary squealed with surprise. 2) She let out a cry of joy. 3) She screamed with delight.

This looks like 'literature' again, Jobb. The run-on clauses and fragmentary sentences are a grammarian's nightmare. 'Attitude' = the attitude of some denizen of the streets, evincing some sort of madness. 'Another' = another street denizen, one who looks abandoned. 'It' = the thin thread of...