By Verbs, Universities

Well, just looking at the first couple of paragraphs you need to work primarily on plural/singular forms, use of articles, prepositions and verb tenses. And don't fall into the trap of thinking that 'whom' is just a more formal version of 'who'. It isn't and you are using it incorrectly. So, the...

Hi, I was checking the defitinion of the word "bestow" and I've found such example: bestow verb 1. present; "The university conferred a degree on its most famous former student, who never graduated"; So, I suppose it means that the university gave a degree to that student?...

Nona The Brit wrote:Good letter. Problems highlighted for you Dear Sir or Madam, I am hereby applying for entrance for the International business administration program at the Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) in September 2007.In the following letter I will explain why I think that the EUR...

Hi, I think it is stated pretty plainly that one of the possible conditions for the requirement of the definite article the is the existence of a post-modifying clause or phrase that is restrictive. From what I know, I think the articles are optional for so-called verbal nouns (I don't know it...

Julielai wrote: Only the glaring mistakes. I've highlighted or bolded them. Please fix them and repost your speech. Cheese1987 wrote: I am Cindy. I am currently a year 1 student in the Management and Marketing Department of Chinese University (full name). i would like to talk about...

Only the glaring mistakes. I've highlighted or bolded them. Please fix them and repost your speech. Cheese1987 wrote: I am Cindy. I am currently a year 1 student in the Management and Marketing Department of Chinese University (full name). i would like to introduce (wording) my academic...

Hi, Welcome to the Forum. Even if we made maths compulsory, there would be no guarantee that the students' knowledge standards rise,under the circumstance which there are thousands of universities in Japan and, therefore, it is hard for the university administrations to make all their empty...

The following is a part of my short essay. I was wondering if it makes sense to English native speakers. Even if we made maths compulsory, there would be no guarantee that the students' knowledge standards rise,under the circumstance which there are thousands of universities in Japan and,...

Well, Fowler is a little out of date now, and I imagine that many of his suggested inversions would be considered overprecious, but:1-- B is not a correct correction of A. Fowler is saying that A should read 'To these causes may be attributed our disasters'-- thus placing the subject, disasters,...

Assalamo Alaykom (the islamic counterpart o Hello, Do you have any idea about its meaning? It means " peace been upon you". I see that the religion will greet others with peace will never lead its believers to be terrorists or extremists. What do you see?) Ruslana wrote: I completely agree...