By Expressions, Whom

First a word of caution... I'm not a native speaker so there are things I may overlook in your text... :-) 'Last wednesday I've read...'Should be 'I read' since you specify when exactly in the past it happened.'...exiting challenge'Missing 'c' in 'exiting', should be 'exciting'. '... where I...

In the following passage, some of the sentences that make me keep thinking and I cannot understand what they mean. Once again, would you please explain them for me? "True tragedy capable of performing its function and of purging the soul by reconciling man to his woes can exist only by virtue...

I'm unclear about what exactly you don't understand in the expression, "three ineradicable mistakes in his mind". davkett, if you didn't read the novel you probably take this expression literally, then this expression is as clear (for me) as 2+2=4. What is not clear is a point whether it...

hi all of my kind teachers working in this forum i'm nguyen trong giap , from vietnam , i decide to take part in an essay contest , its deadline is September the 4th . topic of your choice , so my essay's topic is : tell one event that changed your life however , i haven't...

Set 1: I don't think that fronting the clause solves any problem; but I also think the problem is slight, if it exists at all. The question of what is the subject of shipping is clear enough-- it is the same as the subject of send, i.e. implied you. The present perfect can be used here...

1) Is it correct to say "INDUSTRIAL world" or should I say "INDUSTRIALISED world" ? "industrialised" is the standard expression. 2) Is there a difference between "underfed" and "undernourished" ? Yes. If I still feel hungry after eating, I feel underfed! But I'm certainly not undernourished,...

1. Hey hi… I’m looking at this dish and it looks really good…can you tell me what it’s made of? 2. Excuse me, do you know what's in this one? no this one, in the front, yeah...no? huh, ok 3. What is in this dish? 4. What’s in it? These are four answers to the same situation, “What would you say...

Hi Ayesha I have gone through your lengthy discussion in regard to your problem. Public speaking is an art. It can influence the listener in ways of good and bad. OK! As Vinod said, the best part of exercise to start with is speaking in front of a mirror – looking at each and every...

Thanks Abbie, yep, it was very clever! This is irrelevant, but reading your comment reminded me of the name of the puppet show "Peggy hit ....". I do not remember whom was hit by Peggy, poor him! It's interesting how we name things in different cultures, and how expressions come to existance....

The most common appearance of 'deferred' (deferred until after its object) or 'stranded' prepositions, is in the less formal of the 'Wh-' questions: 'Who did you take a picture of, Michael?' 'Whose bed did you get into, Michael?' or in relative clauses: 'Is that the boy you took the picture...