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(Again, I should emphasise that these are just my personal views. Some of the questions have no "right" and "wrong" answers, and other people may have different opinions.) 1. Sitting at my writing desk placed right-hand side of open window, and working on my English...

Hi, Really, I think ' is the main clause, and '(that) these foods are not soft enough for me' is a subordinate noun clause. We can see that clearly in option (c). 1. These foods are not soft enough for me, I think. This word order makes it look like two clauses. The 'I...

Hi, Thus it explained spelling, grammar, phonetics, and usage much more extensively than would a dictionary for native English speakers.Do you think the above sentence is correct? Should it be written as:Thus it explained...than a dictionary for native English speakers would? It's fine....

I however think that using correct grammar is important.My main problem with your sentence is that I don't think I'd choose to use that word order at all unless I wanted to emphasize the difference of opinion between "I" and whoever I disagree with. Generally speaking, I'd write this...

Hi CJ, Both clowns stand facing the door.It certainly seems adverbial without the comma. However, with the comma it seems to me that it separates the phrase from the verb enough that it could also be interpreted as adjectival, describing the clowns. Rather like the more awkward word order of...

Yes, you can lose the comma, but no, the original word order is poor, as it places glimpses nearer television than stories, thus confusing the referent.

It was English_Learner who said there was a mistake. I can't see any, unless it's a matter of the word order or commas: I have just remembered you. When I was a newbie here, you corrected my mistakes, right? However, I still make them... "Right" may be replaced with "didn't you?"

Green89 wrote:Please help me with these questions: Choose the best answer: 1.Once we build a house here,the ocean will be hidden from__ a.view b.sight What do you think? 2.___People from other cities are coming here to find work. a.large numbers of b.A large number of What do you...

Hi.From the perspective of a non-native speaker who's used to translate a lot (between German and English), I have a few things to add:While "somehow" and "barely" are not equivalents, neither semantic nor pragmatic, there are situations where cultural differences might make them look similar....

Hi, What kind of appositive "the Maya" is? It's not non-restrictive since it doesn't have commas on both side of it. It's also not restrictive because it has a comma before it (restrictive appositives have no commas). Is there a commas before "the Maya" because it refers to two nouns preceding...