Hi all!!! I am going to apply to a university and they want me to write an essay. It should be between 2000 and 3000 words and caver the following aspects: My motivation for the MSc-programme that I chose. Why I wish to conduct this programme

Thank you Clive for the critique. For the New York sentence, is there anything wrong or misleading in the construction that needs to be reworded. After the rewording, the original past perfect context has been erased. Maybe I tried too hard to

The only time I'd expect to hear that construction in AmE would be for a calculated effect, never in conversation. Hi, Rick, didn't mean to sound huffy. We've had a few members who enjoy studying literature from past centuries, and

Comments: Concentrate on writing sensible questions. Learn the pattern and construction from the answers given to you and build on it. Don't try to be creative and start your own brand of English. I mean it in a positive way. Ok, for

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

The greatest improvements in the productive powers of labour, and the greater part of the skill, dexterity, and judgment, with which it is anywhere directed, or applied, seem to have been the effects of the division of labour. The effects of 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

Hello Eddie88, the main difficulty in this situation is that people sometimes confuse phrases as such with clause elements. In Kevin hit the nail with a hammer the highlighted part is a prepositional phrase ; such phrases have two obligatory

thanks a lot CJ. I am glad to see you again. one more question. I'm sorry for bothering you. "He waited for her until 8pm." "He will wait for her until 8pm." Maybe "until 8 pm" means that he

Can i have a salary increase even if i've worked on my company for only 2 1/2 months long? I've been hired as a storekeeper with a basic salary of 600 us dollars only. But now I have a lot of duties and responsibilities. I do the