Only sick can be used attributively, in other words, before a noun: a sick person. In British English, sick is often used to refer to nausea or other rather mild problems with one's health while ill denotes something serious which may require

Hi. Thank you. Let me correct something what I said by saying that I didn't write a post on this topic (content) a few days ago but I am sure that I wrote it yesterday in your General Vocabulary & Idiom Questions section. Anyway,

Hi. When do we use the indefinite article "an" before the word "extraordinary"? In a religious context, what could be the deciding factor for using the phrase "possess extraordinary power" versus using the phrase

English is a difficult language to adopt as a second language for so many reasons. Your point about learning Japanese is irrelevant to this 'why English is difficult' conversation. In places like Canada, did you know the reason for having

Thank you, Clive. I thought the article would be inappropriate because of the related noun (idioms) which is in plural...

Wow, this was a really powerful essay. As I read through your paper I was easily able to imagine you as a war general, making an inspirational speech before battle to his soldiers. Keep up with the strong creativity in your papers, it makes it

Could you tell me what part of speech is 'falling in love' here? falling in love is, of course, an idiom, so we're not talking about literal falling. falling is a verb. ( in is a preposition; love is a noun.) It is used in a

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_two_cents_(idiom) " My two cents " and its longer version " put my two cents in " is an American idiomatic expression, taken from the original British idiom expression: to put in " my two

I still do not understand. Hi Forlan The word "deal" is a verb in the sentence, and "deal with" basically means the same thing as "handle" in the sentence. Look at definition 3 for "deal with" (under Idioms

I still do not understand. Hi Forlan The word "deal" is a verb in the sentence, and "deal with" basically means the same thing as "handle" in the sentence. Look at definition 3 for "deal with" (under Idioms