Thanks,Clive! It seems indeed that the Beatles don't jump the tree but rather chop it. Thanks for your explanation on the preposition "over" as well. I hadn't thought of the possibility of a tree lying on the ground, in fact.

1."He's under lots of stress because his wife is very ill." Do you think 'stress' means external or internal force here? External. When you use the preposition "under," you usually mean the force is separate

i would like to know two things. the first one is : the past participle of the verb "go", is it "been"? ex: i have been to London. have you ever been to London? i think that "go" in this case has irregular form

Could someone take a look at these for me please? 1 In what/which episode does she get murdered? 2 What is a crow the sybol of? (can you end with a preposition?) 3 I sold it for the price I bought it for/at. 4 After retail stores, the internet

Ok, I'll give you a sentence: The supermarket is by/next to/beside the bank. Are they interchangeable? Do all the prepositions mean that the two buildings are totally attached? or maybe if there is a building between the supermarket

dear I intended only to attract the attention to another meaning of the preposition (by) not to bother or to waste time of any one

Hi there! Are there any differences in meaning in the use of the prepositions? I think that there are maybe slight differences in meaning which are difficult for non native speakers of English. Thanks in advance

another prepositional phrase would be the book by Niko (if he wrote the book, of course)

The prepositional equivalent is "the book of Niko", but that form is very seldom used. CJ

Hi The simple answer is yes, but there’s more to it than that. The verb ‘stay’ is a linking verb (aka a copular verb). What it links here is the subject (‘the paint’) with the entire sequence ’looking good for many years’ , which although