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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...

Dear teachers, Would you please tell me which of the following sentences / constructions are correct? 1) The candidates’ level in phonetics was on the whole better than WHAT one could have imagined / expected. 2a) It must have been BECAUSE OF THE EMOTION that they were made...

Ok this is my task, but i wana from u to organise and paraphrase it, please?? Really i will not forget ur help thanks alo0o0o0ot Historical linguistic: History and Development Modern historical linguistics dates from the late 18th century and grew out of the earlier discipline...

Souroin, Only sentences with transitive verbs can be made passive. In the transitive sense you can say, "The driver started the motor" or "The motor was started by the driver", and similar expressions. However, while you can say, "All the students started to talk at once", you can't twist that...

Hello MrP History of English Gerunds (quoted from OED) The most notable development of the verbal nouns in form of -ing is its use as a gerund, i.e. a substantive with certain verbal functions, particularly those of being qualified by an adverb instead of an adjective, and of governing an...

I think you are quite right. You have made a nice analysis of the difference between those pairs of expressions! Hats off to you! Nevertheless, that leaves us (me, anyway) without an explanation of the construction. (Yes, I realize that your original question focused on whether the...

Hello. I am looking for a person from US or UK to help me with an English document. It is s Word text file (english.doc) that I have made it. The text is grammatical OK, but literary needs some changes. Can you help me with the corrections necessarily? I mention that is very urgent for me and I...