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Huevos, So am I correct to assume that your classification of “exhausted” is adjectival in nature? Perhaps, this is the difference between how you and I see it. For pure fact finding interest, I have done some more investigative research: Bear in mind, my sentence was “I am completely exhausted...

Hello Ant 222, First,thank you for the compliments.It means to me. Excuse me for misinterpreting your message it was not intentional.I'm glad we agree on this point,but it would also be ok with me if we do not.There is always room for every sort of opinion.I think that a native english-speaking...

Hi, Anon, In my humble opinion, there's something wrong with your excerpt. What I think I see are two examples of the conjunction "as well as." What the word "prep" is doing there I'd need to look at your source to figure out. One method I often use to check for conjunctions is substituting...

I have had an interesting exchange of views with Cool Breeze before about how difficult English is. A relic of the days when people still played LPs and tapes, I have a "Complete midi hi-fi cleaning kit". It includes a compact disc cleaner and a carbon fibre cleaner. I have always felt that...

Stannum wrote: Which is correct? Anonymous wrote: In the end of the day or at the end of the day?; At the end of the day. This is an idiom and I am not sure if you can trust the construction in general. Robert Hi: I understand this is an idiom, but I have the same problem with when to...

Kooyeen wrote:Hi,would you say:Look at the red line in/on the graph.It is showed shown by the red bar in/on the bar graph.The values are represented by those blue dots in/on the chart.I would say "in". I'd see the difference between "in" and "on" the same way as the difference between "in a...

Well guys actually I found this in American Heritage Book of English. It says that Like should be avoided as a conjunction. But I was doubtful since it's being used so frequently. Following is the article from American Heritage. Tell it like it is. It’s like I said. I remember it like it was...

I think the majority of disagreement to my post so far has been on the actual points. The points are well known and well established. What's more, and I am hesitant to say this as doing so appeals to authority, mathematical geniuses who currently are contructing a mathematical paragon for the...

Hi, I'm a new member on the forum. My name's Michal and I'm from Poland. I've been learning descriptive grammar of Enlgish lately. Reading LONGMAN Grammar of Spoken and Written English, I've come across a couple of problems which are hard for me to overcome. I hope that you will help me...

Hello Roro By the way how do you think about MrPedantic's point ? Do you mean the semantic difference between "with whom ..." and "whom ... with"? Or should I talk about why the Lowth's writing is ironic? I think I have no idea about the first question, though I'm getting inclined to agree to...