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Mr. Miclawer, I wasn’t going to expand this pluralization discussion on “creams” and “wines”. But it really bothered the heck out of me for two reasons. 1) I really wanted to find out if I was really blowing hot air on this subject because of my misunderstanding of this topic, and 2) if there...

I'd have said appeared without outside. I generally use show up only for people who arrive at an appointed place.-- Where's Jim?-- Late as usual. He hasn't showed up yet.____-- Who are you inviting to the party?-- I'm just giving a general invitation to everyone in the office. ...

Hi, 1) Where I think we need to carve out some territory of definition in practice is to say that proselytism is relating to people different from oneself by using means and methods with ulterior motives in order to convert. But what's happening in secular literature is that it is moving...

(1) Where I think we need to carve out some territory of definition in practice is to say that proselytism is relating to people different from oneself by using means and methods with ulterior motives in order to convert. But what's happening in secular literature is that it is moving even...

Grammar Geek wrote: 2.'She rejected a hot drink. This sounds a little harsh. I'd use "declined" if it was polite and "refuse" could be either polite or brusque, but "reject" usually applies more to an idea than a thing, unless you are at a factory inspecting products for quality. 3.'She...

Hoa Thai wrote:Let's take a look at another sentence:John likes to hunt, skydive, and play tennis at a small club in his neighborhood everyday. Hi Hoa, I'm assuming by "context sensitive" you mean the construction of the sentence alone cannot determine which modifiers go with which gerunds,...

Jajar wrote:Plese check my grammar .I will write it wrong or correct.please check my work. write a personal e-mail to friend asking if he 0r she would liketo go out for lunch with you next Saturday.In your e-mail indicate the kind of food and the restaurant you would like to go to. Dear,BIRD ...

Plese check my grammar .I will write it wrong or correct.please check my work. write a personnal e-mail to friend asking if he 0r she would liketo go out for lunch with you next saturday.In your e-mail indicate the kind of food and the restaurant you would like to go. Dear,BIRD Are...

Newbie2007 wrote:Could you please help me to correct the grammar ? Thank you very much. Yesterday, everything was ok. I said "Yesterday" because it's already past midnight. Consequently, right now is the beginning of Wednesday. haha..... At the end of yesterday (Tuesday), a friend sent me a...

Could you please help me to correct the grammar ? Thank you very much. Yesterday, everything was ok. I said "Yesterday" because it's already past midnight. Consequently, right now is the beginning of Wednesday. haha..... At the end of yesterday (Tuesday), a friend sent me a message, that friend...