By Expressions, Cricket

Hi Ashish. All my school life,.. What's the problem?-- Many of my Japanese students try the same phrasing-- but it's not a natural phrase; we do not normally use 'my school/work/single/etc life' in English. Try 'While in school'. By the way, the expression...

Hi Ashish Tiwari, Mister Micawber already gave you his opinions but I thought I would offer you a couple advices just so that you understand the courtesy concept. When the volunteers help the learners, we may give them our personal view of their writing. Some may interprete it differntly and...

Thank you very much, Mister Micawber!I understood all but one mistake (or mistakes, please tell). Could you kindly clarify exactly what is wrong with the following and suggest corrections for it? All my school life,.. What's the problem? Please correct it as well!By the way, the...

Hi TeleostomiI suggest you forget all about Google. Since there are millions of German people, Australian people etc., you don't need the article when you refer to them all in a general sense:German people are said to be hard-working. (I would prefer: Germans are said...)If the reference is to a...

Hello Mr T., If the context is cricket, yes, that's ok. You can also say "he got a duck" and "he made a duck"; but perhaps the most common version is "he was out for a duck". MrP

Yankee wrote: Jackson6612 wrote: Question 2: Both Philip and Yankee said: I am used to playing cricket in my spare time. I was told that after to simple Present Tense form is used but playing is not simple Present Tense form of play. What would you say on this? Most of the time you will...

Jackson6612 wrote:Question 1:Yankee said: 1: Do I used to play cricket in my spare time? Did I use to play ...? As far as I know, 'did (not) ... use to' is still considered to be the correct form in negative and interrogative sentences. However, I'm also aware that some people disagree...

Hi Redkiddy,1. No one was to give her the present No one was to have given her the present. What is the difference? What do they mean? I have to admit that I 've never seen these expressions before,so I have no idea what they both mean or if there's any difference. I use the construction...

Anonymous wrote: Hi, I wondered about this myself recently. I wasn't able to find an authoritative definition for its origin and meaning, but my conclusion was as follows. Cricket and Baseball shared a common heritage, until Baseball branched off to become what it is today. For this reason...

Hi, I wondered about this myself recently. I wasn't able to find an authoritative definition for its origin and meaning, but my conclusion was as follows. Cricket and Baseball shared a common heritage, until Baseball branched off to become what it is today. For this reason the expression...