I agree with Philip's comments, but will add my two cents on a couple: 2. ... if/whether she would even consider Christmas ... (This refers to the setting of a future wedding date. Using "regarded" would amount to asking about the

There is also the possibility, since the Duke is talking to the man who is there to negotiate a new wedding contract, that "Neptune taming a sea-horse" is meant to imply that the Duke's new wife will receive no better treatment than

Do you think the following shows correct ways to introduce a present perfect tense Your use of the present perfect in those two excerpts of conversation is fine. Also, do you think if something has been discussed/has ocurred a short while ago and

1. Three days aren't long enough for a good holiday I can't find any mistake in this sentence. aren't = isn't 2.The teacher ordered that the students stopped talking in class. Is " stopped"? => had to stop. stop

Please help me check my work! Mistakes correction 1. Three days aren't long enough for a good holiday I can't find any mistake in this sentence. 2.The teacher ordered that the students stopped talking in class. Is " stopped"?

I love Kyle Smith, movie reviewer for the NY Post. Last week he said of the creators of an especially lame-sounding movie, they prove they’re true hyphenates: actors/writers/directorss/failures. From his review of I Love You Man, in today’s

I'm confused because I can't understand if he's talking about the girl who saved him from drowning or is he talking about his late wife. Woman: Mr. Luthor, the helicopter's waiting . We should have you out of U.S. jurisdiction in

Lord Graves is talking about a possible future wedding between the king of England and the princess of Finland. nd says: I have no doubt that they will be the toast of the continent. The main event of Europe?

I think you're referring to cases where a noun precedes and another noun follows on or about . on seems to be used more often when the following noun refers to an organized presentation of a subject -- a detailed, somewhat formal and thorough

its interisting short story........tell me what do you think will happen?......is it the lady or the tiger In the very olden time there lived a semi-barbaric king, whose ideas, though somewhat polished and sharpened by the progressiveness of