Is as well as considered a parenthical phrase? Should it be set off with commas? Thanks! My non-linguistic view thinks not. I may be wrong but one of the "as well as" usages has a prepositional property which is typically

I am quite terrible at writing, I am looking for some help looking for simple gramatical errors in my eassy. Ethan Plymale Professor Holbrook English 100 November 12th, 2009 Modern Tradition: Pay for Grades is a

Most of the references I find are in connection with a brain lesion malfunction which renders the subject unable to use language. It's called "aphasia." http://www.answers.com/topic/aphasia "Verbing" is a function which is

Hi, alc24! I'll try to help you with these sentences. Are these sentences that you are trying to write correctly for yourself or for an assignment? 1 When/If I don't have to wait, I take the subway otherwise I take a cab. When is the

. Perhaps someday we'll have a special forum for signs. "The" is called a definite article. When you wish to indicate that (a) particular (definite) test/tests/testing/series of tests is/are being conducted,

This is abviously a reference made to the airline industry and the improved comfort WestJet offers to the public. I think the creation of the "premium economy" class is compared to "the business class" found in other airlines

This structure (the + singular countable noun) can be used to generalize but is mainly used with animals, plants, things and even certain groups of people. 1. The computer has changed the way we do business. 2. The mountain lion is a

Thanks guys. What if I consider a class as a category and write the sentence as given below? Does that change the meaning of the sentence? 'Without spending a nickel to spruce up the interior, WestJet will be able to create a "premium

Hi, here's my explanation which is not necessarily correct 'Business class' as used here is an uncountable noun phrase (the noun class is normally countable) and is also used in the most general sense (shuns bussines class =

No doubt the author is treating business class as a noun; after all, it is a noun! He has omitted the article because he thinks of it as a proper noun. Proper nouns are capitalized, and Business Class would look better to my eye. CB