Hi Thomas, A belated welcome to the Forum. You mentioned that There is a football club of a sort in Liverpool. I take it you're not a fan of them, then? Liverpool Football Club are an English professional association football club based in

Question A tourist company which organises coach tours of your home town has placed the following advertisement in your local newspaper: TOUR GUIDES REQUIRED Are you an outgoing and sociable person, who has a good command of English and

Hello MrP History of English Gerunds (quoted from OED) The most notable development of the verbal nouns in form of -ing is its use as a gerund, i.e. a substantive with certain verbal functions, particularly those of being qualified by an