“Thanks. Can Isay, He helped his mother to sit (up) on the sofa. You could, but it is awkward. We would omit "to". Better: He helped his mother sit (up) on the sofa. "To sit" is the infinitive of the verb. It

As a teacher, I understand that some students find highly detailed definitions and analysis very helpful as learning tools, and I think that's great. However, I also encounter some people who become more focussed on definitions and analysis

I was looking for some advice online on the use of the word feedback as a verb as opposed to a noun and came across this forum. Is this usage correct: "I will feedback to you once I receive the results." Is it proper to use the word

David schrieb: Or maybe it's not? If you've been following the thread, ... meaning whilst at the same time understand the "s-less" genitive. H9owever, it might have helped if after giving the dialect version you had provided a

David schrieb: David schrieb: the meaning may be obvious to you since ... barrelled name it is difficult to work out the sense. Firstly, I wouldn't call it a double barrelled name, I'd reserve that term for surnames. I would tend to agree

When should I use the appropriate capitalised or uncapitalised adjectives or nouns (for example) "Chinese" and "chinese"? Or is it not correct to use the uncapitalised form? I have seen in print books statements such as

A mistake I hear English speakers make is "It was so fun," instead of saying "It was so much fun," as if the word 'fun' is an adjective, instead of a noun. ?? At least in my dialect, which is close to General American,

I'm not sure if "well" is an adjective. But from what all the examples I've seen in this thread, it seems to me that in those dialects of English, "well" is used in places where I'd say "fine" (adj, not

Robert> It all comes back to the verb "be" being different from Robert> other verbs, and also that "well" has two distinct uses Robert> (adv. and adj). There is a third one: a noun. And a fourth one, as in

It seems even stranger that something seems to have happened ... use", and "the man who uses to ferry me" mean. Can you honestly say that that last means anything at all (as a single noun phrase) in the dialect you learned? It