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"he hadn't seen the article in almost half a century" - I would use past perfect here. The speaker is describing not a single occurrence but a long period during which he has not seen whatever it is. Yesterday, I looked for Dapper Dan hair jelly at the store and didn't see it.I...

Hi,I was looking at an article named "Metropolitan Diary" DATED October 16, 2000 by ENID NEMY from the New York Times and wonder if the past perfect tenses are absolutely required in some of the situations noted.Passages from the article:When he said he hadn't seen the item in...

Hi Oceansoul, I think you are doing very well for a 14 year old young man. Please understand that I am not trying to attack Turkish people or Turkish pride. I think national pride is a very good thing. I want you to learn one thing though. Have you heard the saying, "History is written by...

I know that this repeats much of what was said above by others, but with complex topics sometimes just reading the same information with many different phrasings helps a little. I bought it at Target. Here Target refers to the entire company, regardless of which particular store the purchase...

I totally agree with CJ's answer. CJ, but I have one question. How would you say #2 and 3 in everyday speech? I've been reading a lot of news articles so they are natural to me. When you say they are journalistic, which makes sense since I picked them up from news, I'm a bit shocked...

Interesting question. I DON'T HAVE ANY absolute answers, but I HAVE SOME comments. I also HAVE NO absolute answer.First, we can say "There isn't any/a", but we cannot say "There is no any/a". "Any/a" can be used with countable nouns, but we can't with...

Hela, I am not sure if “appropriate” is the correct choice of word to go with “knowledge” which to me is either correct or incorrect. But I just feel the context is not complete and an article “the” is needed. For myself, I would say “he has the correct knowledge and right mindset that help...

Dear teachers, Would you please help me correct this sentence? He has an appropriate knowledge and way of thinking that helps him have a sensible conversation. These are my views: vocabulary: a) is "appropriate" wrong here and should be replaced by "sufficiant" ? b) is...

The Crying Game of Democracy Review of Ingrid Betancourt’s memoir Until Death Do Us Part, My Struggle to Reclaim Colombia Author and politician Ingrid Betancourt’s return to Colombia and involvement in politics was a selfless act of love. Unfortunately, her love and the magnitude of her...

It's been quite sometime I've not write any essay. I have been really busy about getting into college and working as an F+B attendant. It seems like my writing skill get rush away after this couple months of not-writing-at-all; and it need to be brushed up a little(well, maybe whole...