The sentence itself is a direct quotation (but here out of a larger context, of course) from one of the language tests by the university of Cambridge. Here we go! Back in the 1980s a colleague of mine used to receive letters from an Oxford

1. Would you say the underlined part is restrictive and would you also say it has a comma in front of it eventhough it is restrictive? If it was restrictive, would you say the comma is used to allow a breathing space or prevent/avoid confusion? If

Hi, Is "standard" in "Standard English" supposed to be capitalized? For example, "This is the best method the teacher can use to correct student's Non-Standard English dialect in class." Also, would

Hi, All students have been given two marks regardless of their answer, -- some parents and students in top schools remain unsatisfied. A) whereas B) however Could you explain me why the key is A, why not B? Because of one

Hi, I thought my use of the apostrophe was ok however I am mulling over which of the two is correct: i) class attitudes; or ii) class ' s attitudes. The context is a school class. The sentence is: I wish to understand

I thought my use of the apostrophe was ok however I am mulling over which of the two is correct: i) class attitudes; or ii) class' attitudes. The context is a school class. The sentence is: I wish to understand the overall

Hi anonymous person, I think it is a widely accepted notion that when you have two independent clauses connected by a coodinate conjunction (coordinating conjunction? - I think they are the same) and one of them has an internal comma, a semicolon

Aspiring to be an advanced knowledge economy, Beijing needs the great majority, if not all, of our students to succeed, academically and professionally, though individuals may attain achievement at different paces. 'Though' in this

Thus spake Dena Jo: AAMOI? "As a matter of interest" (one of those phatic expressions that contributes no meaning, NTTAWWT at all). I imagine I first learned hyphenation in school, then university, ... to see what they say about it. Now

Thus spake Dena Jo: AAMOI, who did teach you to hyphenate, Dena? AAMOI? I imagine I first learned hyphenation in school, then university, then again when studying court reporting, which I never ... I get a chance later, I'll check my grammar