Hi, Could you tell me if the following two sentences I just composed sound fine to a native speaker's ear? 1. I passed my driving test because I prepared all too well. Luck doesn't enter into it . 2. They are always asking me how

Hi, This is a bit confusing. Let me give an example to make it clear. # He saw it as a blessing rather than as a curse. # It appeared to her as an image instead of as a thought. # It was about X rather than / instead of about Y.

You may not be aware that in this forum we are prepared to answer specific questions about grammar, usage, etc. in English. Our job is not to write an opinion piece on questions like the one you have posted. If you are asking about the

Hi Sanaz, and welcome! I would like to help you with your sentence, but I'm not sure what it means. Maybe something like this? - Throughout the years, the television and the freezer have had the most usage, 98 and 80 percent respectively.

hello everyone, i just joined to this group i don't know if i should write my question here or not! but plase correct my sentence " THE MOST USAGE WAS DEVOTED TO TELEVISION AND FREZZER RESPECTIVELY, 98 AND 80 PERSENT THROUGH OUT THE

Anyone, anybody, any person are all possible usages, not any people , at least nothing comes to mind at this minute.

Thanks for elaborating on your position, CB. Your understanding of formal grammar is clearly better integrated than mine. When a usage is idiomatic, I can usually trust my "instincts" in matters of objects; but these particular forms

Yes, of course you have. You can probably find milllions via Google Search. Your sentence remains odd without 'the', however, since the source/situation of the jingling is specificed.

I know where to go. (same sentence - no case conflict) I'm as comfortable saying that "where" is what I know and "to go" answers the question; as I am to say that "to go" is what I know and "where"

The police are looking for a fair-haired man in his twenties. (NOT The police is looking ... ) Practical English Usage (Michael Swan)