2. They are always asking me how studious a student should be to prepare for the finals Hi, Pernickety. I hate beating dead horses, but a revisit to this clause tells me I didn't explain myself. The problem is the nature of the verb "to

Unaware of what was behind the door , he pushed the door hard to get in. Terminology varies from country to country. I'm sure this is of no avail to you since you probably live in an English speaking country, but I'll tell you anyway that

Greetings, Tina, Mister Micawber's answers are completely relevant, but let me make some additional remarks: 1. A time of prosperity and peace - is a noun phrase you analysed absolutely correctly. In general, noun phrases may have the

Icadia, I understood the focus of your question; therefore, I mentioned that 'if the indirect speech itself contains a subordinate clause (introduced by until... in your case), then the verb of that subordinate clause may be in the present

Greetings, Icadia, Direct speech: It's against the law in our state for her to drive until she has been seizure-free for six months. Indirect speech: 1. The provisions of the legislation have probably not changed by the time of reporting

In this case, I think which and that are both possible. According to most grammar books, you can use which and that interchangeably in restrictive clauses, although there are several occasions on which that must be used or when 'that' is

It makes me contented to realise that you have made sense of the striking difference between not... but vs and , so this 'one thing' you are referring to is the last on the agenda, and may I be clear about two points. First, the omission

After talking it out with some fellow teachers and looking some terms up...we're still a little unsure about our conclusions. Any clarifications would be greatly appreciated! "I'm going to talk about Ichiro Suzuki." (Starting out

Raja, let me make a number of essential clarifications: 1. ' Hence , that the 'do'-construction in "Who went to the park?" is not possible or at least less preferable (which of the two is it in your opinion?) in "Who

(...continued) ... 'They have appeared on message boards.' and ' spread by word of mouth.' Such a phenomenon is technically known as polypredication . Second, punctuation comes in handy, as the comma in such cases usually indicates