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Cheerleading has provided a major aspect of my life since I was in seventh grade. Throughout middle school and high school I have participated in many extracurricular activities, both at school and in my community. As one of the activities that has had the strongest influence on me, being...

Cheerleading has provided a major aspect of my life since I was in seventh grade. Throughout middle school and high school I have participated in many extracurricular activities, both at school and in my community. As one of the activities that has had the strongest influence on me, being...

I'd say "afterwards" means directly after some mentioned event, while "later" may be any time after the present, or after some mentioned point in time. The family enjoyed Thanksgiving dinner together. Afterwards, they all watched the football game on TV. If it gets much...

Did it snow this time last year? seems a little too specific. I would take it almost as Did it snow on this date last year? Hardly anyone would remember such a thing. I think, therefore, that unless I were consulting a meteorologist regarding real weather data, I would use Was it snowing this...

If you are American you don't need any rules. You already know what sounds ok, and that's what counts. If somebody told you "It is I" is correct, would you start to say it instead of "It's me", even if it sounds totally weird? No. When you have something like...

. The bracketed phrase is now an adverbial phrase because it tells where the children are playing. It’s not an adjective phrase however because it does not contain adjective. If the phrase were “ the tallest kid playing is the garden is my son”, then it’s an adjective phrase. This is...

Yes. The term prepositional phrase classifies the phrase as a pattern of certain parts of speech. The terms adjectival and adverbial classify the phrase by its function in the sentence. So you can have an adjectival prepositional phrase and an adverbial prepositional phrase. CJ

The children in the garden are playing football. - Is this an adjective phrase telling us more about the children? The children are playing football in the garden . - Is this an adverb phrase of place telling where the children are playing? However, is the phrase in both sentences also...

Either one will do. Couple is grammatically singular but two people are needed to form a couple. Especially in British English a plural verb is often used if many people are involved: England are up four to two. That's what a British sports commentator would say about a football match. I...

Thanks for suggestions. My English-Finnish dictionary has an example of using the verb "win" and according to it I can say "win by three to one". Any thoughts? I think it would be ok since it is just a shortened version without the word "goals" The Oxford Advanced...