Normal 0 false false false RU X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Hello, Raja, It goes without saying that there is no blame in being a non-native speaker and a layperson in linguistic science, so

Have you considered what happens if you insist on subject-verb inversion in all questions AND insist that the question word must always be first? The two are contradictory. Placing the question word first takes precedence. ____ said that? Who

CalifJim , Thank you for your very helpful answer! It provides a nice and very useful recipe for forming a question which rests on a gappy statement! And it definitely helped me a lot in further clarifying my question and to reframe it in your

Hello Gleb, Thank you, again, for your answer! Let me say from the outset, that I am neither a native speaker, nor an expert in linguistics, but nonetheless interested, so please forgive me that I am not as well-versed as far as technical terms

Raja, let me make a number of essential clarifications: 1. ' Hence , that the 'do'-construction in "Who went to the park?" is not possible or at least less preferable (which of the two is it in your opinion?) in "Who

Hi To emphasize a place, time or reason we can use: the place where ... the day when ... the reason why ... In informal styles, the place/the day/the reason can be dropped. Often times this happens if it's somewhere in the middle of the

Yes, you can do that: "Damn, he's astute!" or "Damn, is he astute!" (I'd probably use a comma). The emphatic use should not be confused with the use of "damn" to express annoyance: "Damn! He's

Hi Alc I will begin with a few comments. Maybe someone else will add more. 2 This piece of meat isn't diced /cut as well as the other BOTH "Diced meat" would normally be a reference to many, very small pieces of meat. Therefore,

The ambiguity might be clearer if we simplify the sentence: "Ask John when we leave." 1) As we are walking out the door, ask John (about something that is not specified in this sentence.) 2) Ask John, "John,

For "If-Clause", I understand that there are three authentic forms of it. -If I work hard, I will succeed. -If I worked hard, I would succeed. -If I had worked hard, I would have been a successful person already. However, do you think