1-All right. In the meanwhile , I would think about where to go on tomorrow. "In the meanwhile" strikes me as odd, and I doubt I would ever use that phrase. Instead, I'd use "in the meantime". I would also like to mention

Hey, it happens. Situation: I am in the toilet for the purpose of excretion. And then I would say: 1-All right. In the meanwhile , I would think about where to go on tomorrow. Okay. 2-I am going to Australia on the coming Saturday.

Please generously check my usage of "meanwhile" and "meantime" in the below sentences; thanks in advance. 1-All right. In the meanwhile, I would think about where to go on tomorrow. 2-I am going to Australia on

Two years too late, the correct way to use the idiom is "all of a sudden." American and British use of quotations is also different. Americans are taught for the most part that a period (full-stop) is used inside the quote, unless used

Hello. I wrote two dialogues. Will you check them? No. 1 ( M is a Japanese.) M: Our teacher told us we have to read between the lines. But nothing is written between the lines. F: Don't take it literally. He meant you have to find the hidden

..What does 'to sheet home' mean exactly? Could this be an idiom only found in an Australian context? I live in Australia and I sail, however I do not claim expertise on this matter (or anything :) as the older I get the less I think I

Hi, I am new to this group.I am from India. i am going to write TOEFL. I am confusing whether to choose iBT or CBT... Can anyone clarify which one will be better? Thanks in advance. Jaya Thota. I realize that it has been quite some time since you

The entry for "could care less" in MWCD11 is evidence ... form "could care less"-speakers will tend to say"could care less." What about the many people in and out of this news group who observe that the phrase "I

Is it the case that the people who say "I ... the difference between "could" and "couldn't" is not clearly articulated? No. They're in use wherever inversion for sarcastic or comic emphasis is considered clever (by

And if you still haven't understood that Mr. West, wherever he came from, was reporting the speech of Australians (not Austrians) and not of himself, then I continue to question your claim to being a native speaker of English. Well, both