By Before and After, Expressions

Given the structure: he drew compensation from the team until beginning his investigation in March 2006. One possible paraphrase is as you have written it: he drew compensation from the team until the beginning of his investigation in March 2006. But a better paraphrase is: he drew...

Vincent Teo wrote:Can I say,(a) We must wash our hands before and after eating. OK with 'our' instead of 'the'.(b)We must wash the hands before or after you eat. NO -- 'the' is incorrect, and to me, neither the use of 'or' nor the use of 'you' is logical.(c) We must wash the hands before you...

Thank you. I think there are basically two contexts the expressions or phrases mentioned can be used -- as one to provide extra information and the one that is essential to the overall meaning. As to the former use, if I am not mistaken, I have seen many, many cases where a single comma is...

Response from a Christian women who has been married to the same man for over 25 years and has a sexually active daughter. From my own experience sex before marrage can't compare to sex after marriage. Think about all the different flavors of food. There are that many different flavors...

The idiom is to have to (do something). It means that the action described by the final infinitive must be done within the amount of time allotted. The students had one hour to complete the exam. We have three months to install the kitchen cabinets. Martha and Sam have only...

1) The "has" is required because it shows that it's a present perfect tense, ie. Jones denied using drugs in the past and at present, is still denying it. It's a repetition and continuation of the verb (denied) from the past to the present. If you say "Jones consistently denied", it implies that...

Thanks very much for taking the time to post this FAQ! I am new to this forum and looking for information on the use of the en dash and em dash. I am a graphic designer and web designer. I am currently taking a course in which the instructor provided the following information about these...