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для-чего ты не пишеш по русский? It's good to know some people are smart enough to translate Kostya, from Russian into Konstantin. What I meant by saying what I said was, when we were ruled by one Party -- the Leader had the Power, but we made the decisions. It's not how you think it is in a...

Clive wrote: Hi again, do you feel any difference between the two below? (1) The hard work of these immigrants helped us make our economy the largest in the world. (2) The hard work of these immigrants helped make our economy the largest in the world. Yes, definitely. The 'us' in #1...

MichalS wrote: Hi, I'm a new member on the forum. My name's Michal and I'm from Poland. I've been learning descriptive grammar of Enlgish lately. Reading LONGMAN Grammar of Spoken and Written English , I've come across a couple of problems which are hard for me to overcome. I hope that you will...

What's the difference between these two sentences: 1. He doesn't know whether Mary will leave. 2. He doesn't know if Mary will leave. Can we use in such sentence constructions either of the two words (whether and if) ending up with the same meaning?

Thanks a million to all of you!! You guys are great! Now, what do you think about sentence 2? Should it be Microsoft's logo or Microsoft logo? And if somebody could answer my question " How would you expain compound nouns as different from possessive constructions? Compound nouns specify...

Thanks for your reply, MrP. 1. I would call it an exclamatory conditional. The main clause is left unspoken, but we can usually infer it, e.g. "if only she would contact me, I would be very happy". Ok, it’s a conditional with an unexpressed result but still a ‘conditional’ right? In...

Hello Sharad 1> On hearing that an optical instrument having been made, Galileo quickly built his own device from an organ pipe and spectacle glasses. Not correct. On hearing of an optical instrument having been made, Galileo quickly built his own device from an organ pipe and spectacle...

Hi, I'm a new member on the forum. My name's Michal and I'm from Poland. I've been learning descriptive grammar of Enlgish lately. Reading LONGMAN Grammar of Spoken and Written English , I've come across a couple of problems which are hard for me to overcome. I hope that you will help me...

Hello Mara Riglos wrote: " I find insecticides to be harmful for plants", "I believe problems to be an obstacle for the company's development", "I consider your ideas to be unhelpful/a disadvantage for our project". I think that the word "think" wouldn't be appropriate for my second example, why...

Hi people! What are the different uses we give to these expressions? 1. "I find/think/believe/consider + sth + ADJECTIVE + to inf." > "I find it strange to", "I think it awkward to", "I believe/consider it harmful to" E.g., "I find it strange to cook without cookware(?)/cooking...