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"I understand that 'improve' cannot be followed by a preposition. Is it correct?" Yes Improve on -- on is an adverb particle, though, and the verb is a phrasal one. Improve can be intransitive or transitive -- it means it can be followed by a PP and not necessarily takes an object. If it...

Thank you to all those who have posted their suggestions to my little imagination game. Some have taken it very seriously thinking they would have to relearn English after the 'changes'. This was meant to be just a game, not for those wo take everything seriously, and of course in this game...

all the way home is an adverbial phrase indicating during/along the entire trip/path/way to their home. It is a curious mix of adverb of place (path, actually) and adverb of time (period, actually). Individually, all is an adverb of degree (how much of the way?), the way is an article and noun...

Believer wrote:First, can you tell me briefly what the telegraphic style is and kindly go on to tell me the typical instances where the style would be used? In newspaper titles and other examples as above: you omit or confuse adverbs and adjectives, feel free to omit articles, use as short as...

Well this article has increased my confusion about inversion. Uptil now, I thought that inversion was used in the following circumstances. Questions Negative and restrictive adverbs So, nor and neither Conditional clauses May Exclamations But the following two examples in the...

I think you all are missing one thing; it's the very basic question. The definition of operator. Up till now no one has defined what operators actually are. Operators are verbs with special properties as explained in the article I cited for you above. Some authors just call them...

France has detonated a Hiroshima-sized nuclear bomb on Mururoa Atoll in the South Pacific at 17.02 GMT on Wednesday. Police have arrested more than 900 suspected drugs traffickers in raids throughout the country on Friday and Saturday. …a runner who’s beaten Linford Christie earlier this...

You're welcome, Ant!Next set of comments:The literal translation was in my initial variant — «sound film progection». ] I wonder whether a verb phrase would be better here, then, e.g. "the phenomena we encounter when watching a film with sound".Are you looking for a phrase that suggests "by his...

Hello, MrP. Let me thank you for your comments. Unfortunately, I didn't fully succeed in correcting my mistakes... «I'm not altogether sure of the meaning here. What's the literal translation?» The literal translation was in my initial variant — «sound film progection»....

Hello Ant«That physical phenomena» — «the physical phenomena» ] fine.«In the sound film projection» — «in the projection (demonstration) of sound films (movies)» ] I'm not altogether sure of the meaning here. What's the literal translation? (It may be that a verb phrase would be better here,...