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Hi,Ellisa.E3, Extending word use Words have different meanings according to different contexts as well as different usages. Words also can also be used as metaphorical meanings to express our feelings about things which creates images gradually. Even some metaphors...

Hello teachers!I'm summarising my texts book and it's not easy to make grammatically right sentences.Please check the wrong grammar for me.Thanks in advance!!! E3, Extending word use Words have different meanings according to different contexts as well as different...

Is it correct to use "part" without "a" or "the"? In the idiom to be part of, yes.Is it correct to use singular form "part" though the subject "ears" is plural? Yes, in this idiom.Her ready smiles are part of her charm.Is it correct to use...

I am not a teacher, but I feel inclined to respond. The best way to study any language is to use that language as often as one can. There is no denying that. However, I know this question has something to do with TEFLese, which is known as a bad approach to learning English by simply repeating...

"."Does 'save for' here mean 'except?' Is there some grammar behind it, or is it merely an idiom?

Hi all!I've been giving English conversation lessons to a theology professor for about a year now. He's getting on in the years - a couple years from retirement - and his primary goal has been just to get his spoken English going a little stronger. His mother tongue is French but he's...

I don't think anyone around here reads minds. Only Mr. M. can answer as to the reasons for his answer, and it seems to me that he already has given reasons. As for your sentences, I don't see anything problematic with them except as corrected below:1.They reached agreement, and the...

The verb "to fault" is the transitive form of the noun, "my fault."No one could find fault with your sentence = No one could fault your sentence. The noun is countable or uncountable. "Find fault" is an idiom, meaning "to criticize."

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Hi everybody!Could you, please, check my grammar and vocabulary in the following sentences? Every now and then you will want to enjoy a whole chunk of baked meat. First, you should learn about making your meat soft and tender instead of dry and tough one. The top tip for a succulent baked ham is...