I'm sorry mr Wordy. I didn't know it was wrong not to spell out the numbers. In casual written English, you will often see small numbers written as numerals ("1", "2", "3" etc.), but this looks sloppy

So, in a nutshell, had someone do something and had someone doing something are the same? No. I take the first to mean the task is complete, the second to mean the task was in progress. Please tell me, which of my original sentences is a native

it = the thing you mentioned / the thing you want me to identify this = the thing in front of me / the thing I see here It is a car. The thing you mentioned is a car. / The thing you want identified is a car. This is a car. The thing in front

1. First, Wiki says there is a future subjunctive. Is this an error or perhaps an archaic use of the subunctive? I would not take that information very seriously. The examples given there involve either the idiom were to or the idiom should , both

Can I use your bathroom? Can I use the bathroom? Most of what J apan borrows from abroad comes from the West -- from Europe and the US. "West -- from Europe" what's the meaning of -? It's a way to set off part of the sentence,

The expressions with there state the existence of something at a particular place. The usual formula is There ..... You cannot substitute it for there in any of the following examples. There is today. There was yesterday afternoon. There is

Hi, I'm Rudy. I'm going to be an English teacher next year. I've come across a question about Infinitives, and this time, I would like to hear as many opinions as possible on this. In most of English reference books in Japan, the

Hi. Would you say the only difference for these is that of formal and informal usage? They speak better than them/they do. They spoke better than them/they did. I would consider "them" in both sentences to be very informal,

Hello, I have a few quick grammar questions. They are as follows: 1. What is the difference between have gone and have been . I often hear people use these two expressions, but I am not sure they are following the rule that states the

The difference between the two sentences is that the second shows more cause and effect between "having swum" and "rested". Also, in the first, we are not sure when she rested- during the swimming or just after. The second is