English presents a number of issues to non-native (and sometimes native) speakers. It is grammatically unlike other languages, even those from which it has borrowed large vocabulary groups, and possesses a number of irregularities. Understanding

If it's written communication, I'd encourage you to add "over" or "during." Through the use of inflection, a native speaker would make the meaning clear without the added preposition. But when it's written, the eye

Hello, "I think you are wrong", depending on the inflection of your voice, means that you are stating that in your mind you know this person is wrong. "I say you are wrong." could mean that, eventhough others think

Note that the structure of your sentence is not a question - it's a statement, or as YoungBuddy has said, a suggestion. You can turn statements into questions by using a rising inflection.

You can only do it as a question with a rising inflection and "This was done by whom?" And it will sound ridiculous.

Thanks. But can you explain me how to find these kind of dangling modifiers? Am I sound absurd? But when I read the sentence at the first time, I didn't find it difficult to understand. What if you read WHO HAD BEEN WAITING FOR A RIDE in the

It's so obvious, now that we know. The inflection sounds strange to me, though. He seems to stress the final syllable more than is normal.

While a human listener can intuitively grasp the meaning of a swear through inflection and other cues, a robot can't. That's good news, because if the robots would ever take over the world, we humans have an undecipherable secret language

I hear that nouning of nouns is going on. e.g. "Hey, pass me some beerage, dude" http://www.urbandictionary.com...ine.php?term=nouning Even the verb swear is being nouned. e.g. While a human listener can intuitively grasp the meaning

Many people return from military service and join the police force. People who are now in civilian life and have shared military life often share military allusions. I'd probably have to hear the inflection (and have not personally been in the