By Idioms, Spelling

Hi ForbesI agree with you completely. Of course grammar includes syntax. I wrote about the very first experiences of a person who is beginning his language studies. All such experiences are very subjective!I don't think there is an objective way or method to measure and compare the...

Hi, Yes, it is. I was writing faster then thinking...:-)). This is my frequent problem..:-)) I'm sorry for that mistake. Thank you for pointing it out.

Or does it mean that he just played the Samaritan in the metaforical meaning, that he offered help to someone / he helped someone? It should be metaphorical. hope you don't mind my pointing out the spelling error. Or is it a typo?

Or does it mean that he just played the Samaritan in the metaforical meaning, that he offered help to someone / he helped someone? It should be metaphorical. hope you don't mind my pointing out the spelling error. Or is it a typo?

The prepositions are both fine and natural, but in AmE we'd add a third, so to speak. We use the expression (idiom) "line up" to form a line. I guess BrE is "que." I don't know if it can stand alone, or if it's "que up," or if I'm spelling it...

Hi KotoI realise you may never read this but I'll post it just the same. Not all European languages are related. My native language, Finnish, isn't even an Indo-European language. It is related to Estonian and Hungarian but not to such Germanic languages as English, German, Danish,...

If this helps, she has my Moral support ... English spelling sometimes drives me crazy!

Hi MapleI think you meant play havoc with -- your original spelling was a little Wide of the mark.

Thank you for making me actually think about some of the idioms we take for granted. The meaning is the same as saying, The rumour is..." (Rumor is the American spelling, rumour is the British spelling) - and that is what people 'hear' when someone uses those words, rather than the individual...

Milky wrote:That is because you, though claiming your thoughts on the matter of English and easiness are subjective, seem to want us all to agree with you. Your posts on the matter, before you began backpedaling, seemed insistent that you were right, on a gemeral level, about English.I would...