Persistent careless grammar and weird contents and construction will likely dowse the enthusiasm of those who want to help you. Sigh....

Hi, Im Mherapril. I am a Filipina English teacher of grammar and conversation here in South Korea. You may not believe me if I say that 2 subjects existing in the subordinate clause and main clause of a sentence respectively can be possible. That

When you construct a list, such as A, B, and C, you choose the elements for your list from those in the same category, so that you can exchange their positions in the list, such as B, C, and A, without hurting the meaning. In your case, the

"My muscle is only a little more than half as large as his." But not, "My muscle is more than half as large as his." Avangi, be careful when you flex that muscle. On a more serious note, I hope you are not

Hi, The following #1 sentence is by a native English speaker. I don’t like the ‘hopeful to’ construction. #2 is mine. Is #2 okay? 1. Management is hopeful to begin deploying its assets early next year. 2. Management is hopeful

Sorry people, yet another question! Please consider this: I think in general here you are dealing with eliptical constructions. That is, you are leaving words out to avoid being tedious with the obvious. Filling in the missing words, If it were

what does "confirmed" act as ? It is the past participle of the verb confirm , thus suggesting passive voice. The verb form confirmed is simply a part of the bigger 'causative construction with have '. Note the past participles

1. must have to ex) I can't start the computer ,You must have to know a password ex) John wasn't at home when I went round .He must have had to go out unexpectedly. It baffles me that an ESL teacher might claim never to have heard

But I suppose that this kind of constructions are not always interchangeable, not in all cases? Speaking of your two examples, I think CB's post covers it. Edit. Just to be picky, I think we'd say "this kind of construction" or

Hi But I suppose that this kind of constructions are not always interchangeable, not in all cases? Thanks