It's Merriam Webster Collegiate for native speakers of American English, and Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English and Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary for ESL students. The most complete in the world (but also unnecessarily

Good luck with your English! In the past, I've taught English (technical writing for an American audience) to Russian, Indian, and other software developers at several companies where I've worked. I've found that most native English

Former newspaper writer and columnist. Currently a technical and corporate feature writer with a major American company. I'm currently working on a personal book project, English for Engineers, which includes ESL sections. I enjoy a love of

I am so glad to see this question and the responses. I have been living in France for the last 13 years and teaching English as a Second Language. This "go missing" usage was one of my favorite examples of the differences between British

Short answer: Yes, but i'm not as likely to use it that way. Opti is the faster typist - he posted 2 minutes before I did! Maybe he'll give his opinion too, but if someone said "I've been sick" (remember in the

Hello, An EFL test question goes: If you __ in America, you must have found that Americans are almost all colors and races. An option is " had been ;" the other option is " were ." -- 1. In my humble opinion,

I am an English grammar instructor. Your explanation is excellent as is your reference to the history of the form. However, you have a few errors technically in your examples. Although my Japanese is not strong, I had the pleasure of studying with

Hi! I'm a green hand in teaching ESL. I wonder how do teachers in English speaking countries comment on writing. For some great articles, would it be proper to comment "Well organized" ? Can you suggest more comments for nice

to be= Verb. Active present infinitive complete with to . In some grammar books written for ESL students in non-English speaking countries it is sometimes called the first infinitive. CB

Yes, it's correct. We use such as an adverb intensifier. It gives emphasis to an adjective. As an adverb, "such" can precede an adjective. It can also precede "a" or "an" - indefinite articles - and an