Hello Philip, Thank you I had a few questions 4 You have a living example/proof of the damage smoking can do to you in front of you. You're mom almost died from cancer. (how would you say that?) I don't know how to say it but I

I agree with Philip's comments, but will add my two cents on a couple: 2. ... if/whether she would even consider Christmas ... (This refers to the setting of a future wedding date. Using "regarded" would amount to asking about the

On the contrary, colloquial language pretty much requires 'of'.

Hi. Is it grammatically necessary to pronounce always the dates as e.g.: on the eleventh OF April" or is there a possibility (at least in colloquial language) to omit the OF: on the eleventh April? Thank you for help

having a conservation and talking about the past. I clearly remember/remembered turning to my date and saying etc..

Talking about something in the past! I clearly remember/remembered turning to my date and saying etc..

Thank you very much for the reply. I'm afraid my question is about the past perfect. When you want to talk about something in the past, like, you are talking about an old lady's life story, and you want to talk about when she was, say,

N Hi, Often, minutes are written in terms of 'who said what'. eg Tom said that a reservation was made for 12th. September. The active voice is often seen as simpler and more direct. eg Tom said that he made a reservaton

"he spoke English very good" is NOT proper English. First of all, you are responding to a thread that no one has posted to for more than a year, so you may be talking, but it's likely that those who wrote the previous posts in the

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