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

My friend and I are having a disagreement that I'm hoping you can help with. Essentially, we disagree whether it would be proper to say "Itch a scratch". You can scratch and itch of course, but to itch a scratch seems to be an

My friend ( a non native English speaker, Spanish in fact )and a translator by profession , recently had to write a report about an assault that he experienced. When writing about the actual words that were said to him prior to the assault , he

Clive, are those possible in English? In Italian they would be acceptable, but how good they sound varies from case to case Yes, they are fine. Ok, thanks! But let's not forget that the original sentence was Her friend in Chester, his

Hello everybody, I have to write a motivation letter for the application to the economics and informatics master degree at the Erasmus University Rotterdam. I could not subscribe to the website for the moment because it seems to have some problems

Anon: You tend to write very complex sentences that contain many different ideas. It is more powerful to express yourself in shorter single-purpose sentences with well-chosen words. I have made some suggestions for your consideration. Dear

Thanks for your replies. So in everyday speech past perfect isn't necessery? Is it only used in written and formal (for example novels, TV news etc.) english? Is it true that it's used more often in british english? Im Polish and in my

The faux Gretzky quote is brilliant, and absolutely correct! The rest of your proposals I'm inclined to reject. The "double in" is absurdity squared. Buy your English teacher a drink. He's right on with that specific example.

Hi, I came to the conclusion there was basically no difference, at least in that context. Clive and Philip would have failed! This is nonsense. You know I completely agree with you, don't you? As I trust our natives friends, I posted that

Hi, kiim, thanks for joining us. Welcome to English forums. Best regards, - A. My rabbit Loeky My talk will be about my rabbit, Loeky. Loeky belongs to a small breed of rabbits, and is a male, nearly three years old. Loeky doesn't like to