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If you don't like to use another explanation, then I try to explain it and you may correct it for me. The sentence of: "I like him more than she gives the impression of I like him more than she likes him." means: She expressed an idea that I like him more than she likes him. But in fact I like...

Why do people use irregular verbs? Depends on the origin of the verb, I guess. English did borrow from many languages. You asked: Can we find a uniform of the symbol of 'ed' and can the new symbol being separated from the verb? -Linguistic engineering is like genetic engineering -- it's...

You said: "As for the second one, I've made myself very clear. Tense markers are more effective when no specific time is mentioned. Please refer to my example about "I came. I saw. I conquered."" I agree with you that "I came. I saw. I conquered." are more effective. But I have another two...

Su: I think that the two words ' more than' gives the position order. Julie: I beg to differ. I like him more than her. = I like him more than I like her. I like him more than she gives the impression of I like him more than she likes him. So word order doesn't tell us everything. As for the...

Su's post: I always wonder some thing in English grammar. For instance, the sentence: I drive him. 'I' is the subject. 'Him' is the object. Yet their position have told us this too. Is that means the English grammar is sort of double expressing? For if the sentences of: I him drive. drive I...

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I agree with you JTT, in that quite a lot of English is not adequately analysed, and as a result, rather than simplifying it, a lot of modern approaches tend to plague it with grammatical vocabulary, sometimes harder to unravel than the issue at hand. I have been doing some research work on the...

You and your classmate don't seem to have any standard by which both of you agree to measure influence. Will it be the number of words related to each? Will it be the most frequently used words? The most frequently used words in everyday conversation? The most frequently used words in formal...

What is wrong with the following statements? 1. 'I’d like some information about your courses.' 'Information' is uncountable. 2. 'Yes. I went to the bank yesterday.' The expired timeframe denominator, 'yesterday', precludes the use of present perfect. 3. 'Yes, he is rather thin/skinny these...

Poor grammar and poor style seem to be rather common not only in English. You should see Argentinian newspapers and magazines! In my country, it seems that literally anyone can be an editor. I have friends (Spanish language teachers) who use newspaper articles in their classrooms and have their...