Debpriya, How to express the same feeling in the written words that is heard in tone of voice when speaking is one of the great challenges for a writer. It borders on poetry--the sound of the words in your mind and their cadence in the sentence

Dear friend, 1. We got a good look at the most extraordinary thing about the animal. Its foreclaws were nearly as long as my fingers. - correct; two independent clauses. We got a good look at the most extraordinary thing about

1. “none” or “nobody” is used in this sentence? Ex. Which of them is her boyfriend? – None./ Nobody. 2. Single or plural number do you use after “none of”? Ex. None of my friends have their own house. / has his own house. Thank you in advance.

i've just taken a mock TOEFL exam. here is my speaking response and i hope someone here will read it and tell me my mistakes (or correct words , grammar..)Thanks in advance. (bold words are sentences that i think they may have a problem)

I believe only one sentence of the two is grammarly grammatically correct. Both are correct. You can use either one, and they both have the same meaning. I would use the one with the present tense in a situation where I wanted to give the

Refer to the recipient as you and to yourself as I, just as you would if you were having a conversation. Although you may want to say "In our recent conversation" instead of making it "your" conversation -- surely he was

Dear friend, passivization is impossible in some instances. The example you refer to features a to-infinitive clause as a direct object, and in this case passive becomes unacceptable: *To eat mango is wanted by him. Respectfully, Gleb Chebrikoff

Is as well as considered a parenthical phrase? Should it be set off with commas? Thanks! My non-linguistic view thinks not. I may be wrong but one of the "as well as" usages has a prepositional property which is typically

2. They are always asking me how studious a student should be to prepare for the finals Hi, Pernickety. I hate beating dead horses, but a revisit to this clause tells me I didn't explain myself. The problem is the nature of the verb "to

Unaware of what was behind the door , he pushed the door hard to get in. Terminology varies from country to country. I'm sure this is of no avail to you since you probably live in an English speaking country, but I'll tell you anyway that