By Expressions, Quotation marks

I had never been to the URL books.google.com, therefore didn't know about that feature. By the way, I did googled that expression using quotation marks which resulted in no help. Thanks for letting me know about this helpful feature.

Yes, they're right, but the 2nd would be most frequently seen as: I've got to do this http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site%3Anytimes.com+%22I%27ve+got+to+do+this+%22+&btnG=SearchYou can test your expressions by searching at:http://www.google.comover the site of the New...

Go to Google and search for "I canted my" (quotation marks are important) and you'll find enough examples of what can be coupled with this expression.

Thank you, whl626. My dilemma lies in the fact that sometimes we are using a compound word as an adjective and that compound word looks to be clumsily put together (lack of a better expression) or give us a sense of being awkward; that is why I decided to put them in the quotation marks. Do you...

Hi,I don't know if this is the right place to post this, and I don't know if anyone cares about this silly thing, but...Write this in your post: write "expressions" followed by a closed parenthesis, that is --> ) , no quotation marks and no space between the word and the parenthesis. Then post.

No, you should search for them on the Web, then come here. E.g. go to: http://www.yahoo.com and do a search with: "sandwich short of a picnic" dictionary (quotation marks are important) to find the dictionary pages referring to your expression. Choose the minimum number of...

You didn't find it in dictionaries because you didn't do a proper search. It's there in the online dictionaries. Try at Yahoo: "walk the talk" dictionary (quotation marks are important) in order to find dictionary pages including the expression and you will fin definitions such as this:...

Do a search with: "there was * a time" your defining expression, but only at Google. * is a Google wildcard. Quotation marks are mandatory. You'll find examples there. For often, try: "there was often a time"

Englishuser wrote: Hi Cool Breeze, You wrote: Yes, I agree, but a native speaker's command of his language is usually superior to that of those who have not lived in total immersion. It is practically impossible to master a language if you are not in constant contact with those who speak it ...

Hi Crazy-- I finally got here. I have added some comments in brackets after underlined 'problems':Do Sports and Drugs Mix? Since the dawn of time years while playing football and was the quarter back of our team. Everyone thought he was going to make it to the NFL but during our...