hi,"the terms you use are "coined phrases" not frequently used by the average English speaker,or the speaker of average english, however there is a practical approach to the usage of English, i.e. it is more than likely that 98% of

Hi there!  As I'm preparing for the CAE examination, I pretty much have to be careful with my writing style. The problem is, I seldom write any articles of reports in English, so I'm not sure if the way I write them is correct or not, because,

Thanks a lot everybody. I love this forum. Sorry for such a late answer but I didn't get any email updates on the thread. Weird. I speak correctly danish and english too. But grammar just bugs me out. So many rules and I can't explain

dear board here is my scenerio.............. when three people are blocking the way. you have to cross them to goahead. is "excuse me" is the right word to use.. i think excuse me should be used after making an affence.. or mistake..

The response above is incorrect as "in regard to' is bad english and grammatically erroneous. What is wrong with saying simply "regarding"? "in regards" is utterly wrong, never appearing in edited english- though

Prepositions are difficult for native speakers, too. Yes, "in" or "by" are probably (probably) both correct for "He made A big mistake __ doing that." BUT if you say "He made THE big mistake," then you must

I wrote by myself, so it might have a lot of grammar mistakes...I really need your help,any proffesor check my grammar, sentence,pls. I could tell that my friend was excited by the looks of her face. Natalie was going in for the talent

Although sometimes considered poor substitutes for 'about' or 'concerning', the phrases 'as regards',' in regard to', and 'with regard to' are standard and occur in all varieties of spoken and written English, especially in business writing: 'As

People in 'prescriptive' houses shouldn't throw 'prescriptive' stones, Mr Micawber. For some unknown reason, you fancy yourself a greater authority on English than Randolph Quirk, Sidney Greenbaum and other prominent scholars,

AJ Hoge's "effortless english" is a waste of money. I made the mistake of buying it for a friend who doesn't speak much English and she doesn't even use it. I don't blame her because it takes a lot of effort to learn with