By Adverbs, Spelling

'Propulsive' the adjective is in the dictionary. However 'propulsively' the adverb is not. It also shows up in spell checks as a misspelling. I can not find this word in any dictionary anywhere. However adverbs such as 'compulsively' are listed.What grammar rule would...

The prepositions are both fine and natural, but in AmE we'd add a third, so to speak. We use the expression (idiom) "line up" to form a line. I guess BrE is "que." I don't know if it can stand alone, or if it's "que up," or if I'm spelling it...

Jesper7589 wrote:Hallo everybody. I am going to hand over a delivery to my English teacher tomorrow morning. I were wondering if any of you would read the text in italics, and tell me if there are any grammar and/or spelling mistakes. And if your are real generous - give me a proposal of what...

Maverick9211 wrote:I can't differeniate between abt nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, etc. I am not very bad at English. I do understand English very well. I can speak English, but not in fluently. I can't write it very well. Let's make do it this way: You give me some topic and I will...

Your construction is logical....unfortunately the English language is not logical.....the grammar of German and the spelling of French have made it one of the most difficult languages to learn in the entire world.........this is my suggestion......... All his efforts were in vain.....or...

Yankee wrote:"...shee hath more haire then wit, and more faults then haires, and more wealth then faults..."I think it must have been Shakespeare who started all the confusion between 'then' and 'than'... For your information, here is the etymology:then adverb of time, from O.E. þanne, þænne,...

Ever since its birth, this dog has been with Larry. Now, the dog was malodorous, old, crippled and blind, but Larry was always with it. (The adj. stinky is too colloquial to be employed in written English.) Larry's roommate, John, wanted to get rid of the dog because he was bothered by the...

Hi MilkyYou've got a very good point. Personally I don't care too much about grammatical terms and try to use as few as possible. The problem is made worse by the fact that to speakers of different languages these terms sometimes mean different things. I have encountered grammatical terms in EF...

Hello Anon I would accept both versions: 1. I spelt "grammar" wrong. ] "Wrong" acts as an object complement, and modifies "grammar" , i.e. the word "grammar" is wrong. 2. I spelt "grammar" wrongly. ] "Wrongly" is an adverb, and modifies "spelt", i.e. the manner of spelling is wrong. As for...

CalifJim wrote:I"ve never heard /fai 'naens/, but I've heard /fi 'naens/. I hear the first more than any other. CJ Yeah, I wasn't paying attention to the spelling, only the location of the stress. I meant that I've heard both /'fai naens/ and /fi 'naens/ used for the verb and noun forms, as...