Every Girl Scout met their/her own fundraising goal. Or All the Girls Scouts met her own funraising goal. One tragic effect of Hurricane Katrina was/were massive flooding Politics are/were/is my least favorite conversation Correct Subject

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

The only time I'd expect to hear that construction in AmE would be for a calculated effect, never in conversation. Hi, Rick, didn't mean to sound huffy. We've had a few members who enjoy studying literature from past centuries, and

Yes, perfectly natural in conversation.

Hi, she told me " i met professor shah at _ University". which article is applicable before "University" here? and why? options are 1)a Some particular university that has not yet been mentioned in the

Hi: I seldom, if ever use "ain't." I use it only in circumstances when I am deliberately chosing to epeak in a "slang" language. The general frequency of usage in conversation is highly dependent on the local dialect and

I am pretty sure that every usage book would answer: YES. Nevertheless, perhaps some experts on style would limit the front position to formal writing. In conversation, it might sound more "natural" to say: (1) I then read....(2) I am

Michael Swan writes in his Practical English Usage, "Except (for) is only used to talk about exceptions to generalisations. In other cases, without or but for may be preferable. Compare: Without/But for your help, I would have failed.

Thank you very much Grammar Geek. I know you guys probably don't get paid for doing this so I really appreciate the help! Really! I haven't even read your post yet!

You can wait more than 45 minutes before assuming no one will answer your post. Some of us even sleep at night. In another thread you said you didn't understand the perfect tenses. There is the present perfect tense: I