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Hi, What's the difference between #9 and #10? #9 a street (I think a street always means any street .) Not always. See below. #10 the street that means any street , not the specific street So I think both means any street , in a simple or short expression. But I think their nuances...

Clive wrote: Hi, Is there any difference between the two sentences below? Please, could you explain to me the difference. 1. As we drove over the hill, the ocean came into view . 2. As we drove over the hill, the ocean came into a view . #2 is not idiomatic, and sounds very odd. ...

Hi, please check these sentences. 1. Among the rooms available for rent is a single large room that will hold 200 people. -- Does the phrase "among the rooms available for rent" qualifies as a subject that needs to be followed with 'is'? 2. Check out prior week's articles. -- I think we...

Yes. You can call what follows It's time an unreal past or a past subjunctive. (But that's not what It's time is called. I don't know if that has a name -- unless you call it "an expression that triggers the use of the unreal past"!) Your take on the article is completely correct. Is...

CalifJim wrote: I don't know of any special name for the expressions It's time and wish . CJ Well I did some work on the internet and got some useful links. You said that you don't know any specific name for the expression but I've found one. Please verify is it correct or not. It's called...

Hi, I have observed that Dutch scholars writing articles in English often use "belong with" in the sense of "belong to". Could you tell me is it correct, and if it is, what is the difference between the two expressions? Is it an accident that the variant "belong with" is so popular in the...

It's a very difficult subject - to use 'to'or 'for' My family is very important to me. That is the right sentence. a) I sent a letter to Mary. In that sentence I wrote a letter to Mary and sent it to her in another city, country... b) I sent a letter for Mary. In that one Mary...

The talks on the Linguists Forum are preserved in a Japanese site. Q) Hello, I'm a graduate student at a university in Japan. In English class at Japanese high schools, students were told to put "the" before the name of musical instrument. But I often come across musical instruments without...

1. Hey hi… I’m looking at this dish and it looks really good…can you tell me what it’s made of? 2. Excuse me, do you know what's in this one? no this one, in the front, yeah...no? huh, ok 3. What is in this dish? 4. What’s in it? These are four answers to the same situation, “What would you...

Hi MrP. Many thanks for your suggestions, some of which were excellent (such as “help to dispel the confusion”). I have some questions about the suggestions and I added other doubts. 1) You suggested: “The analysis of these issues is important because by clearing them up we will gain a better...