For the future, don't reply to your own post: People are going to think you are already being helped. She waited 3 hours just for him to say no to her. OK She waited three hours for his answer, yet only to hear him say no.

only so long is an idiom meaning "not forever", "for only a limited amount of time". That is, there is a limit to the amount of time that the situation mentioned in the main clause can continue. In this case, "they"

1-All right. In the meanwhile , I would think about where to go on tomorrow. "In the meanwhile" strikes me as odd, and I doubt I would ever use that phrase. Instead, I'd use "in the meantime". I would also like to mention

Well, pal. It's almost the same issue: I can't wait until... <--- This is the main sentence my ankle heals . <--- This is the secondary sentence (clause) The clause is ruled by the same grammar that rules a normal sentence: agreement

Every time that we are referring to " take care of " plants or animals we have to use the verb tend? Is it gramatically wrong if we use the expression to take care of ? No. You don't have to use tend . It just came to mind as I was

When members of the Winnebago tribe sit around a fire and hear a chant of how the world was created or when early Japanese heared a chant about formation of Heaven and Hell - they are listening to a narrative. This pattern: When ... ..., . is a

Courage arises when your honesty will not allow any other choice....Why is "will" used in the sentence ?? First, will not , more often won't , is used idiomatically to denote refusal. (This usage goes back to the original meaning

Ross' musical talents are not as amazing as he and Sam think. There are two finite verbs; therefore, there are two clauses. Yes. are and think . I thought of rearranging it: He and Sam think that Ross' musical talents are not amazing.

Oh, thanks, you wrote this reply at the same time I wrote the other one. In regards to my confusion about why it wasn't a particple when it was actually part tense of want, I suppose one can diffentiate between it being the main verb and a

What did you mean, when you wrote "(not in the same clause)"? I meant that the didn't and the used to idiom were in different clauses. Therefore the used to doesn't change to use to . CJ