By Verbs, Conversations

Hello, Here some questions I'd like you could correct : 1) "We were paid more on tips than on hours."; 2) The employee receives (or earns ? ) U$ 12,00 per hour; (in this case are both verbs acceptable ?); 3) Nowadays the students have much better Polish than three years ago; 4) Should we...

SHALL AND WILL IT is unfortunate that the idiomatic use, while it comes by nature to southern Englishmen (who will find most of this section superfluous), is so complicated that those who are not to the manner born can hardly acquire it; and for them the section is in danger of being...

Analyse the formality of the article in SCMP It is indispensable for us to use an appropriate style when writing. There is no doubt that formal style should be practiced for newspaper as objectivity and impersonality are important. South China Morning Post is one of the most prevalent...

«I think I have the advantage of being a native speaker!» Indeed. If you say a phrase is wrong then it's wrong and vice versa. And thanks for sharing your knowledge! «Maybe you feel a difference on the basis of whether the completing phrase is a subject or an object of the -ing...

Hi, I am writing on a scientific paper and I need help in phrasing the text more fluently. Can somebody read the text and make some corrections? Thank you very much - it means a lot to me!!!. The female patient presented at the age of 45 with a one year history of progressive memory impairment...

Cjcox wrote:“We” was used when Dee said, “Can we really tell someone it’s wrong…” He used Eric and Vicente’s names and said, “Eric, you can iterate and you too, Vicente…” When he said, “I believe inmates deserve…”, he had eye contact with Eric. He looked at Vicente and said, “What do you think?”...

I hope you don't mind my little question... I'm reminded of the following conversation from Stephen King's The Shining: (a ripple of talk and laughter of ghosts) Take your job and stick it.__________________________________________I thought at first this "stick it" is the same as...

Hi, 1. I was looking at the punctuation section of cogs.susx.ac.uk website for its help on semicolons and colons and I have some questions on them. In its "The Semicolon" section, it is noted, "If a suitable connecting word is used, then a joining comma is used, rather than a semicolon: Women's...

With or without as. Both are OK, but there may be a subtle difference in meaning. Note that same always has as conceptually, whether it's expressed or not. The absence of as makes a reference back to something in the conversation in general. The presence of as makes a reference back to...

Thanks, CJ. I know in daily conversation that when we talk about "thought', we always add past tense verb after it. I know that if I want to know those things well, I need to read more to get a general idea. Anyway, your explanation was really good. BTW, Is 'heard' a word that tells us we should...