Apparently I did not explain myself well enough. If you look up a word in the dictionary like "eaten", if it is listed at all, they will reference you to the first person singular, "eat". My understanding is that this is the

Good evening, Mister Micawber, the pressure of other work has deterred me from replying to this message of yours as promptly as possible, so I intend to do it in the present post in order to shed light on some important questions.

Hi, It seems to be an indirect reference to the old philosophical question, 'How many angels can fit (or dance) on the head of a pin?' Look here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_many_angels_can_dance_on_the_head_of_a_pin%3F

Without your second post asking "how come", I was so sure that you meant "the modal rules". The reason I made that comment was already explained. I thought your English level was better than to ask the elementary

Hi, What's the noun form of "domestic"? 'Domesticity'. But this is only used in reference to a person's home and family life, so it is not suitable in your context. e.g.) a total of 100 branch offices (domestic

What is the rule? I don't think there is a rule. You just have to memorize the few nouns in English that are customarily given a gender. Note that you won't be considered wrong if you use "it" to reference such a noun. For

Thank you very much for your helping! However, I still get a question. Is it possible for forget or forgot be followed by Ving? This a sentence I found in an authoritative English reference book. Li Yang Forgot seeing me before.

it's not sounds English and I feel something wrong, can you p lease correct the letter below: Dear ... and ..., With reference to your weekly university permission, you are kindly requested to sit with Mr. .... in order to know

Yes , I understand that, but to further press the issue, would you still use, I walked in the rain, even when you know that this is a specific reference to rain and the reader has no way of knowing which rain I'm talking about? Examples like

In the following sentence: I walked in the rain. The word rain has a specific reference here and the sentence implies the reader knows which rain is referred to. If I, however, say I walked in rain, I somehow suggest the reader that he/she