By Expressions, Constructions

It's a somewhat vulgar expression. 'Crap' is a euphemism for sh*t; the entire construction is also hyperbole, as we don't really beat anything out of anyone.

The Chinese government has laid out a plan to transform selected cities into eco cities. The reporter at the scene said "How will this piece of land look when construction is set and done"I searched for the phrase set and done which I thought was an idiom but didn't find a...

Hi,But doesn't the use of a possessive adjective in these particular examples have the effect of emphasizing the negative quality perceived in the described person, object or situation... or am I imagining this? I realize the difference may be subtle... but if there is one, I'd like to...

1. "What characters drive him up?" would be the usual way to turn these words into a question. You don't need "it is" at the start. "Drive up" is not necessarily wrong (as I said, almost nothing is "wrong" in a poem"), and in this context it does...

Hi,... and somebody says it's subjunctive. See also:http://www.englishforums.com/English/ChangingTenses/dqcdx/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/WhichSentencesAreCorrect/zjbhp/post.htm

Hi,I'm really enjoying this. You're making me think. I'm going to take your points out of sequence. I think I'm still replying to your post; if I misrepresent what you're saying, please correct me. First, the summary of what I'm going to say: A lot depends on theory, and...

Kooyeen, do you say "have gone play" or "have gone playing"? In this case, I think the common expression is "have gone golfing".What do you think?By the way, I was told to use your construction, conditional 3 even though the event was scheduled for sometime in the...

.A complete predicate is all of the sentence except for the subject.An appositive is 'an expression that has 'the same function and the same relation to other elements in the sentence , the second expression identifying or supplementing the first. In Washington, our first president, the...

Resistance identity is, in fact, a kind of extremist violent self-expression in circumstances where the possibility of peaceful and dialogue-based relations is denied. What the event of September 11 is a consequence of is the expression of resistance identity or more appropriately the reflection...

Hello. Sorry to hear you're feeling uncomfortable with this type of activity. But you're not alone: I would be, too!The sentences lack context, which makes it difficult to tell when tense changes are necessary and when they are not (among other things).There is one sentence that is wrong...