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Sorry my French isn't good enough to check your answers thoroughly, but I would say - watch out for the word order in your first two sentences. References to time are usually either at the end or beginning of sentences or phrases, e.g. 1. I came across Brandon at the cinema yesterday. 2. Let's...

They are all fine. Only the emphasis changes. The underlying position is just before the constituent being modified -- before the prepositional phrase in these cases. If you leave it there, there is greater emphasis on that phrase, and the tendency is to stress the only or even with the...

Although I'm a native English speaker, I've often struggled to understand English grammar, especially its morphosyntatical elements. I've done some reading on nominative-accusative as well as ergative-absolutive cases and I just don't get it. Can someone who's better at linguistics explain this...

I always thought it was a remnant of the French (Norman Invasion, 1066). There is a handful of verbs in French conjugated with "to be" rather than "to have" in the passé composé (past) tense. Rise, born, arrive, leave, go (all "coming and going" verbs) are some examples. We also sing "He is...

Hi Hela My comments are in the quote. Hela wrote:1) When we have a couple adjectives describing the same thing (e.g. material) don't we list them in alphabetical order? No - a Concrete and Glass building That was your word order. You could also say "a glass and concrete building"...

Hi Kooyeen"Don't put an adverb between a verb and its object" is a good rule even though there are exceptions to it. Since inflections have practically disappeared from English over time, it is customary to place the object after the verb to facilitate communication. However, if the object is...

Hi Tung QuocIf you place an adverb of time (now) at the beginning of the sentence, it is more emphatic:Now I understand everything.I understand everything now.Both are correct.It is usually not a good idea to put anything between the main verb (understand) and its object (everything), and word...

We must come up with a seamless way to support scientific progress and to administer the treatments we have, in order ultimately to alleviate as much suffering as possible. Do you think it is correct to insert 'ultimately' between order and to? What does it modify? I see nothing wrong with the...

Hi, I need to write a sentence in the following pattern, and I don't see how it's possible. The pattern is: adjective + direct object + helping verb + subject + verb No articles allowed? So, something like 'Great strength did he use'. This kind of odd word order seems very literary or...

From which university you did graduation? From which university you have done graduation? Anon, there are two problems here: 1) Word order - although you can use your tone of voice to make a question out of this, usually in a question, you invert the verb-subject. Did you graduate? 2) We...