I have always heard in conversation - that must be him / her on the phone. Of course we say:He is on the phone now. Grammatically, "that must be him" it is not strictly correct, since the case of a pronoun after "be" is

Hi all! I've been giving English conversation lessons to a theology professor for about a year now. He's getting on in the years - a couple years from retirement - and his primary goal has been just to get his spoken English going a little

which, of which, among which, to which, about which, for which, ... Combine The car is big with the following: The car is blue. > The car which is blue is big. The car is parked there. > The car which is parked there is big. I bought the

Hello Mr. Micawber, I didn't understand (iii). For three days only, beginning 11 May. I have always thought a preposition is needed.

NL888 wrote: Thanks for replying. But would you like to tell me the secret why you could get it so well since you are in Vietnam ? Is English your native language? The name Hoa Thai is absolutely Vietnamese! Are you an English

Yes, I'll and we'll are contractions of I shall and we shall. Yes, teaching whom does irritate me a little but it's not tested as much so minor irritation only. I accept and use shall in my own conversations and writing but then I

Hey folks, In the email conversation with our supplier of the ActiveX component from US, I need to express to the supplier the fact that we really need to have fixed one hot problem, which concerns one particular capability, which our customers

evening is the subject of the sentence. You certainly don't want a preposition before it! You could optionally add the , however. The evening of a hot day ... *to start to doing something is unusual, as you say. That's because it's

Hi, When I first learned English, hear and listen were clear to me. The later requires the attentiveness of a listener. However, talk and speak ran my teacher in circle. He took an English-Vietnamese dictionary and told us to stick with the

They talked for a while. (they were in conversation) They speaked for a while. (they made sound) He is talking about the issue. He is speaking of the issue. (both are the same but the prepositions are different) They talk business. (they discuss