hi,"the terms you use are "coined phrases" not frequently used by the average English speaker,or the speaker of average english, however there is a practical approach to the usage of English, i.e. it is more than likely that 98% of

Thanks a lot everybody. I love this forum. Sorry for such a late answer but I didn't get any email updates on the thread. Weird. I speak correctly danish and english too. But grammar just bugs me out. So many rules and I can't explain

dear board here is my scenerio.............. when three people are blocking the way. you have to cross them to goahead. is "excuse me" is the right word to use.. i think excuse me should be used after making an affence.. or mistake..

The response above is incorrect as "in regard to' is bad english and grammatically erroneous. What is wrong with saying simply "regarding"? "in regards" is utterly wrong, never appearing in edited english- though

Prepositions are difficult for native speakers, too. Yes, "in" or "by" are probably (probably) both correct for "He made A big mistake __ doing that." BUT if you say "He made THE big mistake," then you must

Hi, I'm writing this essay, but I'm not sure about this paragraph, does the text has grammatical mistakes?: "Among other similarities with the portraits of Buddha are the depictions of children clambering over John Yu's head and

Can you explain the meaning of would in the statement below? I would say that your grammar book, Cambridge Dictionaries and the British Library are all correct The biggest mistake that learners make about the word would is that it has a meaning

Hi, I am typing too fast to make the incorrect date, What does this mean? but not read your email careless. You need a subject I think this is not a big problem for us to perform the online inspection tomorrow if you are

Kindly look into it for any kind of errors or inconsistencies. I'll be glad to have some critical responses. Thank you. "Dear Madam/Sir, I am XYZ, pursuing a bachelor degree in Engineering Physics at Indian Institute of Technology Delhi,

Although sometimes considered poor substitutes for 'about' or 'concerning', the phrases 'as regards',' in regard to', and 'with regard to' are standard and occur in all varieties of spoken and written English, especially in business writing: 'As