In Commas^x, Simple present^x

Yes - the commas before which and after "dollars" indicate an inserted relative clause. This shows that it is the bat used to beat the dog and not the ten dollars (though if I were the dog I'd definitely prefer the latter), or not that it "cost ten dollars to beat the dog". If "is made" is...

Is it right that if you start a sentence in the past tense, stay in that tense UNLESS you find it necessary to use a BUT or HOWEVER, which WOULD change the whole emphasis of the sentence from that point on and give you the freedom to do whatever you wish. SO i give an example here : She said she...

Hi, 1) "In the late 80s a discussion took place between Julia Annas and Richard Bett over whether ontological moral skepticism is ‘local’ – that is to say, whether it does not call into question all beliefs, but arises from a contrast between morality and some other system of beliefs that cannot...