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One thing I know for sure is that the Danish papers did not do him justice, Mohammed (Peace be upon him) is the last prophet and the religion he brought is Islam. Islam does not deny Christianity nor Judism but says that they have been altered during the years. This is a biography by a...

Hello, I've written this motivation letter for a scholarship for a japanese university. I've used some parts from other motivation letters that I've found on this website and that looked good to me :-) Could someone check it for me please, and give some comments? I'd be very thankfull. Dear...

Hi, 1)He had studied (study) at university for three year.Now, he is working in a big company. In the sentence above, why the answer is "had studied" but noy "studied" ? Say 'studied'. Simply put, the Past Perfect is used for one event before another in the past. Here, there is only one...

Hello all, this is my first post on this forum, so yes I'm a newbie. I don't mind newbie "initiation" rites, as long as they're respectful I have decided to apply to McGill medical school a few days ago, although I am pretty sure I won't be accepted but I caved in to peer pressure and I'm trying...

Well, regarding the use of pleonasms(new word for me too btw), I'd say many are in use in the English language, and they're here to stay. For example, "Old crone". "Crone" means "old woman", so in effect you're saying "old old woman" - pleonasm. Here's a list of them I found - ABM missile...

Practical English Usage by Michael Swan (Oxford University Press) says....." many... can be modified by... very. Very many is used mostly in questions and negatives." I would add that it is also used in answers, and for emphasis. "Have you had many boyfriends?" "Well, not very many!" So,...

Hi Fred! I hope I'm going to have right: I attend university as well as you majoring English and American studeis in Hungary. have you ever heard about derivation. Now "disillusionment" is one of it. There ae certain types of it, for instance deriving from verb to noun, from Adj to N, and...

The talks on the Linguists Forum are preserved in a Japanese site.Q) Hello, I'm a graduate student at a university in Japan. In English class at Japanese high schools, students were told to put "the" before the name of musical instrument. But I often come across musical instruments without "the"...

Well, well, Clive, your argumentation is vehement. Where should I begin? First, I just said that in a philosophical context the two words have the same meaning, or so it seems to me. I said nothing about whether the word "non-reality" is used in ordinary language or whether it can be found in...

Hi WhiteLeaf, The two additions you made are very benefical for you but I shifted them in different paragraphs so as to have a proper flow of events. Please check the whole essay and let me know if you need more help. Your essay looks good now though I still have some questions in red. I hope...