I think normally people ask "where are you from" when asking for nationality. Would "where were you from" be considered ... of is if it is okay to use both present and past tenses on one sentence like the 2nd reply. In such a

It's a shame that your school, like too many others in this country, decided that the study of grammar was dispensable. It gives you a significant handicap when studying foreign languages if you don't know the technicalities of your own language's

The first thing to note is the spelling: the correct spelling is a-c-c-u-s-a-t-i-v-e. Another thing to note is that the term often employed to identify the "case" of words like "him", "her" and "whom" is Objective, rather than Accusative (which is

In our last episode, , the lovely and talented Alexander Hefendehl broadcast on alt.usage.english: Hi everybody, I thougt that you shouldn't use contractions in written english (uups). Some days ago I came across an ... in one of my grammar

The first two sentences of the body of your article are good enough, but the third sentence has wrong word order, and your Subject field has an ugly mistake. I'd be glad to help you, if you are willing to pay me California minimum wage

Carmen L. Abruzzi filted: No wonder the Empire crumbled And to think they could have avoided the entire problem by using word order instead of case forms. That's the cause of the Decline and Fall. Rob Bannister

Carmen L. Abruzzi filted: That's its declension, not its gender. No wonder the Empire crumbled And to think they could have avoided the entire problem by using word order instead of case forms. Bob Lieblich Whom else?

In war they would be submarine.(Tom Tony's right. You are right to suspect that there is often a difference in meaning between "in war" (a general state) and "in a war" (a particular conflict). But it is also possible to

Skitt filted: Yes, and it might be of interest that you (as ... a switched-off refrigerator. The same would apply to a TV. Nobody has even suggested that "to switch off" might function as a multiverbal verb; *"a switch-offed

Skitt filted: Yes, and it might be of interest that you (as would I) say "turns the fridge off" instead of "switches ... something I'd say, neither would I refer to it as a switched-off refrigerator. The same would apply to a