Dear friend, 1. We got a good look at the most extraordinary thing about the animal. Its foreclaws were nearly as long as my fingers. - correct; two independent clauses. We got a good look at the most extraordinary thing about

' be that ' be is the present subjunctive of (what else?) be . In this context be X means whether X is / are in modern English -- whether X be in older English. Thus, ... be that your daddy, your mum, ... = whether that is your daddy,

Dear friend, close is most frequently used as an adjective or a verb, but in can also be an adverb meaning 'closely, tightly; near, in proximity + close to the wind (an idiom)'. Context is crucial in classifying close as an adjective or

Could you tell me if the following sentence sounds idiomatic from a native speaker's viewpoint? "I need to slam-dunk her a quick one" It may well get a laugh from Al Bundy in the context of a TV sitcom, but I think it would be

Raja, let me make a number of essential clarifications: 1. ' Hence , that the 'do'-construction in "Who went to the park?" is not possible or at least less preferable (which of the two is it in your opinion?) in "Who

From Paper 1 (Reading) of the CPE (Certificate of Proficiency in English) of the University of Cambridge , Part 1 . In this part candidates are asked to read three extracts and to answer a total of 18 questions, six per extract. Here are some

Ooh, what's wrong, right clothes for inhibitions? / You couldn't afford the price of admission. Now the girl in this scene is wearing black body-fitting clothes. So is the guy telling her the clothes are not just for looking and she

Hi, Whoever wrote the question for # 1, he'd better to back to school to learn his grammar all over agian. "Must" has about the same meaning as "have to". I must go! It's getting late/ I hav eto go..

I don't like neither, and this is just my take. #1 has a structural problem because it's not a compound, not causative, nor relative. #2 "having fun and playing together" participle (adverbial) doesn't seem to

1. It was dark outside, and when we turned the street corner, it had become light. 2. sentence is fine but context might be needed. You might say "how can," or "how do." 3. correct; two possible meanings 4. She looks