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Hi!I am reading Huddleston & Pullum's CGEL, and I've run into a problem. I don't understand how to analyze WH-questions with both subject-auxiliary inversion and . Couldn't somebody help me out?Let us take the sentence What did the Captain say? as an example. Here the Captain...

They won't smoke ever since they saw a film on lung cancer. What does "won't" mean here?

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This lifestyle eventually caught up with the young man with a bright future, and he was convicted of first-degree manslaughter when he killed his girlfriend in a car crash. Should I use a comma before the bolded 'when'? 'When' isn't essential to the sentence, but I also heard that you should not...

Yoong Liat wrote:Hi Goodman I searched for 'run into troubles' but found 'run into trouble' instead. The following is just one of the extracts. Oxford University Google Search Oxford University > Search Oxford University > Search Results ...

Hi GoodmanI searched for 'run into troubles' but found 'run into trouble' instead. The following is just one of the extracts.Oxford University Google Search Oxford University > Search Oxford University > Search Results powered by Search the Web Search ox.ac.uk Web...

Dear all, Clive wrote: Hi guys, I have a trouble with understanding the clause "that isn't saying much." Does it have the same meaning with "So it is obviously." This expression is often used when giving faint praise. eg After 20 years, he was promoted to senior clerk, although that isn't...

Belly wrote:What's the best of three? It's urgent that she phones the police It's urgent that she phone the police It's urgent that she should phone the police ? Hi BellyThey are all equally good. By using the indicative (phones) you take a detached view of the matter. Both should and the...

Ok, I got it but I don't know how to put the link here so i'll just paste the context here. This was given by CalifJim as response to the subject "Conditional with Modal Verbs"... Strictly speaking, the modals are not tensed. However, they developed historically...

Angliholic wrote: But then emerged bizarre stories about the manner which/in which the first astronaut had provided for cross-country driving without rest stops.Should I use which or in which here and why? Thanks. In which: one does something in a particular manner, and we keep whatever...