Why isn't it a complete thought? It's not how I'd phrase it, but I can't find anything wrong with it. The phrase "only by" begs a clause.. gramatically, it was OK, but I was left hanging for a completion You won't be

When we make mistakes, we have to reflect on what we did wrong so that we can avoid making the same mistake again . We need to learn to be financially responsible so that we don’t get caught up in the credit debt trap. I want to learn English

Cool Breeze wrote: Liveinjapan wrote: I don't have very much in the way of free time. I don't have very much of free time. The structure s of the above sentences are the same, so the object of each sentece is 'much', right? The

Liveinjapan wrote: I don't have very much in the way of free time. I don't have very much of free time. The structure s of the above sentences are the same, so the object of each sentece is 'much', right? The structures are the same up to

Hi Gencebay Sentence No. 1 has a realtive clause and if it were shortened - or as I prefer to say, if a clause equivalent were used - it would read: They spend a lot of time in their garden running right down to a river. That would be

Believer wrote: Hi, I sometimes dithers between the choices to use a colon or a hyphen when I am giving an explanation of the main clause in whole or in part like this one: In a race to learn English faster, a person needs to possess

Hi, I sometimes dithers between the choices to use a colon or a hyphen when I am giving an explanation of the main clause in whole or in part like this one: In a race to learn English faster, a person needs to possess these two personal

Dear GG, Thank you so much for your help. (That anon was me, sorry for my posting anonymously.) Grammar Geek wrote: Do you want an edited version, or is this enough to let you know that you are making good progress? Actually, I'd love to

Hello Franmonaj I think the English verb "suggest" is a bit tough to learn to us learners. In my mother tongue the verb equivalent to "suggest" and that to "advise" are used almost the same way. But in English "suggest" seems much weaker in

hi all, as i learn English as my second language , i'm just confused about the use of which and in which;; i know when to use which but sometimes i found some clauses use in which,,, i'm confused these