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Hi, "A winter wonderland." Is this considered a sentence No, it's just a phrase. There is, for example, no verb. and is it proper to use? We use such phrases all the time in informal conversation. Mary: Hi, Tom. What can you see when you look out of your window? Tom: A winter...

I have underlined some problem areas: The Woman Within the Doll The Baltimore Sun wrote that back in 1879, “A Doll's House” by Henrik Ibsen “shocked and offended people wherever feet” (1031). This might have caused him to become the “half-drowned” kind of man, as he refers...

Hi Avangi, If I understood correctly your comments, the "not ... nor" structure makes sense only in two circumstances:(1) unintentional usage: if the speaker changes his/her mind in the middle of the sentence, or (2) intentional usage: a rhetorical device.May I infer that type (1) could...

Clive -- I agree that "everyone" is often treated as plural in casual conversation, and I might well say "everyone does their best" myself. But technically, shouldn't it be "everyone does his job and everyone does his best," at least in formal writing? I...

Hi,I would not say 'talk' is inappropriate. It depends on what the speak/writer wants to convey. If there is a dialog or conversation between your inner voice and you, talk is fine. We use speak instead of talk to indicate one-way communication.In regard to the structure of the sentence,...

Hello FH, My comment was only half-serious. Consider these examples: 1. A said that B is pretty. 2. A said that B was pretty. In ordinary conversation, you will hear both forms; and in both forms, the addressee will understand that "B = pretty" represents the opinion of A at the time of...

Hi, The Assignment is: Complete the following conversation by putting the verb in bracket into the correct tense. Sheil phones her friend joyce Sheila: Hello,joyce.What (you/do)__are you doing___ at the moment? Joyce:I (try) _am trying_____ to read that book our teacter told us to...

Hi Gary, W. Somerset Maugham said, "The subjunctive mood is in its death throes, and the best thing to do is to put it out of its misery as soon as possible." I personally love it, but I'm in my seventies. I don't think it or I can last much longer. It will take a lot of work to really learn...

Much better, Fandorin! A few more:I've seen this movie twice and it astonishes me a lot. Each person fits into themselves a bit of truth . There were many films with the same scenario but Mikhalkov can brings ( the main purpose deeply into our souls. An old Jew said that he had very many...

I have underlined any remaining problems and answered your questions, I think. You seem to have created some new problems: I've seen this movie twice and it astonishes me a lot. Each person fits into themselves a bit of truth . Although there are many of films with the same scenario however...