Finland used to be the No. 1 country on the Reporters Without Borders press freedom list. We are now at No. 5 and I don't remember the reason why we lost first place. It was something very insignificant and temporary, though. Hopefully

Hello, this is my first post here but I've been visiting the site for at least several months since I have found some very interesting discussions here. My question is going to be really complicated and it will take you some time to read

Hello all, Here are my two bits. Holland is not quite a nickname. Industry and, especially, a brewer of beer in green bottles have long been promoting the misnomer "Holland" because it saves some time and ink. They even use it as an

Hi frnds, My profession is such i have to write nice and precise mails to cleints , expalining the issues of the systems or failures in systems. This most dyanmic not particular one topic. most time i spend is office is what to write to boss

I am working on an article for Script Mag on global cinema, and am stuck on the @&*%$@## lead - ... in Bosnia. Anyone know someplace exotic with an unusual cinema? Or have a suggestion on where to find this info? Hmmm... I've attended a

Hi, Some years ago, my British teacher marked as wrong my closing sentence in a letter (FCE level) to a friend. I had witten " Please write me soon ." I was then taught that British and American English differ on this (... write you

Dear Sir or Madam to whom it may concern , In reply to an advert concerning Domino Day 2009 project I would like to put myself forward as a candidate for Domino Builder in this years edition of Domino Day and thereby apply for an

Hi, That's why I reduced the long sentence to a clause without a compound relative clause as follows: "... , and therefore the layer was required ." Is the above correct? Yes. Or must it be written as follows?

NSEspeaker: My car needs washed. SE speaker: What? I do not understand you. There was a posting recently exactly with this syntax. The people who commented never said that the NSE line would not be understood, only that it was characteristic

http://snipurl.com/kxsq4 Universal Pictures hastily cut a scene involving Michael Jackson and his family from its much-anticipated upcoming release, ³Bruno,² to avoid appearing in poor taste in the wake of the performer¹s shocking death on