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Hi,really? I didn't know that... I mean, I think I have never noticed those structures weren't so flexible. You mean native speakers would not repeat a preposition that way? I'm confused. I agree that it would usually be left out because it's shorter that way and it flows better,...

Hello to all, I believe that to learn English depends of the interest of individual and depending of the English knowledge you wanted to learn. like for instance, if you want to speak English all you have to do is to listen very carefully to some tools such as CD, DVD, tapes etc. either audio...

___________ The starting pitch may be lower in the didn't of 2 than in the corresponding did of 3. There is more of a pause at the comma in 2 than at the corresponding place in 3. CJ

Heh, complex sentences...I could never have imagined <--- at that time. In the past. Now I can, because I saw that feast.I could never imagine <--- I can't imagine that... <-- This doesn't make much sense, but it depends what you really want to say.That said, the part that gives me...

1. 'There are other problems, too.' 2. 'There are other problems too.' I would find a slight difference between the two versions. In #1, the intonation (descending from "other" to "problems") and the pause before "either" would suggest "judiciousness". In #2, on the other hand, the intonation...

To put it another way, I'd like to say and write sentences like these: Such perverse desires! Often you need to consider too many variables to be able to solve a problem in a reasonable time. OKOften, you need to consider too many variables to be able to solve a problem in a reasonable...

1a - It is difficult to know what that means exactly. <--- I think it's ok, not sure though. OK. 2a - It is difficult to know what that means, exactly. I wouldn't punctuate it this way. 3a - It is difficult to know what that exactly means. Awkward. I wouldn't say it. 4a - It is...

<6. Where did she go shopping at Macy's? (No comma, no pause, with rising intonation at the end as for a yes-no question)> For me, that has the same function as a falling-intonation tag question. The speaker assumes the answer to be as he she thought - above, "Yes, (you're right,) at...

1,2,3,5 No. 4 Yes. 6. Where did she go shopping at Macy's? (No comma, no pause, with rising intonation at the end as for a yes-no question) 6. No. But I sometimes hear these hybrid questions. CJ

Absolutely. If it was SAID, there were no dashes, commas, periods, etc. Only pauses or intonation to tell you what punctuation would be appropriate. It's up to you to use the punctuation that keeps the original meaning.