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Re: Correct use of "... of yours"

"Yours" means "belonging to you" and thus both of the examples you quote is correct, although the latter "this watch of yours" is more colloquial and would be regarded by some as poor English, even though it is widely used. The word may also be used in letter as in...

Correct use of "... of yours"

Hello, I'm writing in regarding the correct use of "... of yours". For example, when should I say "I like your watch" or "I like this watch of yours"? I looked on the internet and in my English grammar books but to no avail. Thanks in advance for your...

Re: Have went vs have gone

> Have the payments went outThis is some kind of a dialect in AmE these days. Of course, not educated speech. You can find that for the last 150 years or so, so it is native. <>This is what Donna Richoux says about it in another forum: -------- I'm not sure why you think this is...

Letter of Recommendation

Hello!I have to write a Letter of Recommendation for one of my students. He will study only one semester at an University in New Zealand.I'm not really safe in english grammar..so, if someone please review my first attempt: Dear Madam or Sir,I am writing this letter to recommend is a well...

Re: correction 2

Hi, I wonder if a bodyguard can "arrest" someone. Perhaps they were police-officers? Actually, under English common law an ordinary citizen can make what is called 'a citizen's arrest'. eg If you vlearly see someone rob a bank, you can detain them (if you wish to) until a...

Re: AMERICANS PLEASE HELP!!

First of all, you need some grammar too, because I noticed typical Asian mistakes, or non native constructions anyway.Here's the best tips I can give you:1 - Get a grammar book, and read it, learning the most common structures. "English grammar in use" by Cambridge University Press...

Re: Do, Did, Are

Well, start reading some novels/fiction or view English-language movies. You'll find plenty of examples. Buy Swan, Practical English Usage and study it. Your grammar is not OK, sorry, you need to work on it: >I'm facing of english grammar problem quite some time. And hope somebody...

Re: Want to know more about conjunctive

Thanks, paco2004, for the information on the subjunctive in English. You know more about it than 99% of English speakers. No one understands the subjunctive in English because it is so subtle and complex, and the rules for using would, should, could, can, might and may are so subtle that even...

Re: Pre CELTA course grammar task

hello friend! I'm Hassan from Morocco, I'm ,too, Celta applicant. I advise you to buy English Grammar in Use, it's Mostly recommended. Good luck! This is my e-mail. Email deleted by moderator. You may list your email address in the Personal Profile, but not in individual posts. Keep...

Do, Did, Are

Hi, i'm new here. I'm facing of english grammar problem quite some time. And hope somebody explain for me these sentence as below:- What do you mean? or What did you mean? What did you say? or What do you say? or What are you saying? Where do you work? or Whare are you working? How...