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The teacher passed on her knowledge to her students.This ring has been passed down in my family for 300 years.Could you dig up a reason why the first sample uses on while the second down in a similar construction? Thanks.

Mateja wrote:Could somebody possibly correct my misakes in this passage.Thank you very much Houses made of pine beams Outer and inner walls are of beams which have the following dimensions: 90mm, 100mm, 125mm and 160mm. Tightly fitting beam profiles assure complete impermeability and...

Could somebody possibly correct my misakes in this passage.Thank you very much Houses made of pine beams Outer and inner walls are of beams and of following dimensions: 90mm, 100mm, 125mm and 160mm. Tightly fitting beam profiles assure complete impermeability and therefore high heat...

For the last two years, I worked as projects manager of Empresas Parodi, Inc., a general construction company. My duty includes but is not limited to administrative work, the estimate of materials and equipment needed for projects. In charge to plan, supervise, and coordinate activities of...

Hi Please advise me whether the following sentence is correct in its subject-verb construction. "A minimum of five photographs were taken for each sample using scanning electron microscope." Thanks and regards Elango P.P.

Hello davkett, Thank you very much for helping me. True. I don't talk about the procedure of the study. I don't know how to rearrange the information so that readers will understand which study and which result I'm talking about. Fourth version: In France, in 2003, 2,370,000...

People sometimes refer to the CGEL on this site. Conveniently, some sample chapters from this publication are now online at CGEL sample chapters The preliminary chapter includes the odd lapse of logic. This is one of the first. Apologies for the fairly lengthy quotation: Another kind of...

I'm surprised your book doesn't have a little chart of the tenses you can refer to. Try to find a chart of tenses. It will make life easier for you. The "going to" tense isn't really a tense, but if it's one of the choices, just look for the sentences with "going to". That's easy. Your...

I got to thinking I could answer my own questions by browsing the Internet. With the help of Google, I concluded that there really isn't an answer that everyone agrees on when it comes to this construction. From: http://www.yaelf.com/aueFAQ/mifitsmevsiti.shtml The final factor is the...