The 1920’s, also known as the roaring twenties was a time of great growth, and prosperity for the United States. America was blossoming into a country with many great new inventions, and it was also full of new, major fads that made big impacts on

Are you sure they speak standard American or British English? It sounds like it might be from a sort of dialect of English. Where I live nobody puts that pronoun there. The only meaning it might have, to my ear, is a sort of enthusiastic emphasis,

I just want to weigh in on this discussion and say that "Jew" is also a verb Hmm, it's not in Merriam Webster. But it's on thefreedictionary.com, which means it should be in The American Heritage Dictionary or something. So I

'This is I', though it remains grammatically correct, is seldom said or used. The American Heritage Dictionary says: Personal pronouns after forms of be: 'That must be him on the phone.' 'No, it must be he.' Traditional grammar requires the

In Bryan A. Garner's "Dictionary of Modern American Usage", the set phrase "suffice it to say" is explained to be the subjunctive form of the indicative "it suffices to say". The article on the subjunctive mood in

1-- when = at the time or in the event that: 'when we were young'; 'when the noise stops'. 2-- when = In informal style when is often used after forms of be in definitions: A dilemma is when you don't know which way to turn. Although useful,

'have had' is the present perfect construction which, in this case, expresses result. Therefore, we call it the resultative present perfect tense – the result being that employees are left with positive feelings, or a positive working

Hi Zazzex The following should enable to understand Mr Wordy's reply. Please note that in British English, it should be: There is a cat and a dog. Below is the information extracted from two books on English usage. The first book

Adrenochrome, but what about the fact that tastes differs? You might like something that another person would hate, and vice versa… For instance, I like reading Steinbeck’s novels and I enjoy reading ‘The Grapes of Wrath’ or ‘The Winter of our

Hi, Here are just a few quick overall comments. In a formal essay, don't make a list of numbered points. In my opinion, you are commenting too much on the essay structure in the course of your writing. The reader is