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Hi, 1. You could use a relative clause, "which makes workers feel undervalued," but to my ear the participial phrase is a bit smoother. Can you explain your objection to it? 2. "Who" is about to become the subject of a relative clause. It's interrupted by a parenthetical...

Sorry, there's a problem with the former posted entry! There Is No "Together" In Jerusalem For Jews and Muslims, Jerusalem has been a city of hope and loss. It has been their homeland but also their battlefield. Its history has been filled with great joy but also with...

I have no ideas about the content or the organization of focused points. I just have some suggestions on word choices, expressions and grammar. The highlighted lines include possible problems and the red words are my suggestions to improve the writing. Hope that it'll be useful! There Is...

I can understand what thing is baffling you. In the First Part you would be thinking about the use of that comma. I don't think that the second sentence is incorrect. Sometimes what choice of words/punctuation an author uses in certain expressions is completely at his discretion. So both...

I know 'would' carries many meanings. My problem is sometimes I find it difficult to tell which meaning the speaker uses. I think I understand its hypothetical usage, and in some contexts, its politeness usage. Below is a post that has several woulds I have trouble interpreting. I also...

SHALL AND WILL IT is unfortunate that the idiomatic use, while it comes by nature to southern Englishmen (who will find most of this section superfluous), is so complicated that those who are not to the manner born can hardly acquire it; and for them the section is in danger of...

Kilimanjaro wrote: Hello Cool Breeze, This sentence is taken from Michael SWAN's Practical English Usage. He says "might" can be used in such contexts Hi Kilimanjaro Yes, I know it's from that book. You mentioned it in a previous post. I didn't say it was right or wrong in my opinion. I...

1. Because recent developments have taken place, the nation's future workforce may include an increasing number of older workers. ok 2. Mandatory retirement has become a thing of the past , and the federal government has reduced or completely eliminated earnings restrictions on Social...

Welkins2139 wrote: Inchoateknowledge wrote: " This page cached by Google calls this an adverb appositive: "The man shouted loudly, (which was) even frantically, to calm the crowd". Yes . That is not correct. In my knowledge, there is no such things called adverb appositive. Question:...

Welkins2139 wrote: Inchoateknowledge wrote: " This page cached by Google calls this an adverb appositive: "The man shouted loudly, (which was) even frantically, to calm the crowd". Yes . That is not correct. In my knowledge, there is no such things called adverb appositive. Question:...