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Re: One more help please

.1. Could you please send us the vessel routing for *** ? 2. I would like to show you the difference between Seaway B/L and B/L, the details are as follows: - Seaway Bill of Lading – the consignee does not request this document and can collect the goods at the destination; this document is...

Re: how to explain the usage of the ergative verb?

Okay, several points here. Yes, employee turnover is something we try to avoid. If you recall, one of the reasons to use the passive is when you don't want to identify the agent - in other words, stupid management decisions. Avangi's example was perfect. Next, while employee turnover is...

Re: Difference between Say and Said

.Does yesterday refer to Tom's speaking or the event of which he speaks? Your example is unclear.Regardless, in conversation, we often uses 'Tom says' (though he actually said it yesterday) when the fact stated by Tom is still true today:Tom says that his apartment is expensive.We...

Re: Difference between Say and Said

Hi Sir, Thank you so much for your taking time to help me and may God, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, bless you greatly.. Sir, what is the proper verb to be use here? Why is it that even if it did happen in the past (the conversation, I mean) I can read a lot of them using the present tense...

Re: Difference between Say and Said

This is a tricky one and I personally think there's no right or wrong, at least in most cases. It depends on the time frame the speaker has in mind most of the time. However, I have some preferences. In everyday conversation, if I use the past tense said, I wouldn't quote the speech,...

Re: may/might

Hi,I think the only difference is that "may" is less common in everyday conversations, in informal contexts. It belongs to a (slightly?) higher register.The fact that "may" implies that something is more probable is a well-known urban legend in the ESL field, which Michael...

Is there a difference between these sentences?

Hello everyone, I am confused about the usage of "of". Is there a quick tutorial that I can read about it? For example could you tell me if there's a difference between these following sentences? 1) Department of Domestic Security 2) Domestic Security Department or 3) The language of...

Please clarify me this sentence.

Hi englishforums guys, Can I ask you for help? Let's suppose this conversation between the girl and boy. Boy: I wanna invite you to the restaurant. Girl: No. I don't think I'd better. Please does it mean here "I don't think I'd better" something like....I think I shouldn't do it? Or I found...

Re: It's / These are / They are

1. Is there any difference between using "these" and "they"? And which do you use more often? Which is better for these examples?ex: What are these? –These are my clothes. / They are my clothes. ex: I've bought some gegs. – What are these? / What are they? ex: Are these apples or pears?...

Re: it doesn't work and its not working

Hi again, my question is what is the difference between the usage of "the issue has been resolved" and "the issue is resolved" I'd like to quote a few sentences about the passive from a favourite book called 'Teaching Tenses', by Rosemary Aitken. In all passives, the past participle forms a...