By Constructions, Quotation marks

Pls do your homework/research: Go to Google and make a search for "no threat to the government" (quotation marks are important) and see what verbs normally precede this construction.

Mister Micawber wrote: A. How can I know when to include the article in the quotation mark portion or not.-- What is within the quotes is what the person said; what is outside the quotes has been added or changed by the journalist. Thank you, Mr. M. What possibly could be the content of what...

A. How can I know when to include the article in the quotation mark portion or not.-- What is within the quotes is what the person said; what is outside the quotes has been added or changed by the journalist.B.How do we know if a noun has an adjective that is a noun in form, that phrase is an...

Hi, A. When reading a newspaper, I think one would likely to see words or phrases or even clauses in quotation marks. How can I know when to include the article in the quotation mark portion or not. 1. At the same time, Bush called for an "enduring relationship" with Iraq that ... Why...

Yes, Mr. M. It helps a lot. It kind of engendered some inquiries, though. 1. In your interview in the English-test.net website, you said: From there, it didn't take much thought to realize that I could eliminate the middle man and start my own school, lucrative enough to make Japan a good...

I believe that the ghost that has appeared before me truly is my father’s spirit, and that everything it has said is true. The ghost did not flee before Horatio’s “cross,” rule over my people justly; just as my father did, and just as he expects me to do. Looks pretty good to me. You have a...

Try a search at http://www.google.com with: site:bbc.co.uk "at this time" and separately with: site:bbc.co.uk "at that time" (quotation marks are important) which will perform a search on that bastion of good English, the BBC You will find that "at that time" is related mostly with...

Believer wrote:Hi, Please tell me what (is) the difference is between these two forms of verb constructions? is given or is being given is discussed or is being discussedprogressive and simple present tense in passive form Another questions: 1. Should I ask, "what is the...

Suggest using the search box at: http://www.theatlantic.com for checking on (educated) usage. Use "more experienced" (quotation marks are important). You will find it's a correct construction even when not having an explicit reference for comparison.

across with my legs isn't OK/idiomatic Just make a search at Yahoo for "across with my legs" (quotation marks are important) and you'll see a very low number of hits The rest seems OK. Now you have some work to do ------ across with is seen only in some constructions, such as:...