By Marriage, Constructions

(1) However, after being told she would not be allowed to present the speech herself, that instead it would be read at the assembly by a male student, she turned down the offer. Her future was in public speaking and she would not be denied. Should it be "instead"? Can...

As a phrase, I'd agree with you but as a construction it has modern echoes. "We are sat here" was the phrase I used that kicked off the query and of course in the marriage ceremony we still hear "We are gathered" (although I would allow that this as more archaic...

Kindly Help me in modifying with the errors in the following sentences Instructions: Please complete the exercises given below. Then rename the file by adding “_your full name”. e.g., Editing Test_TeenaGunt Use the “Track changes” option. This will indicate any insertion...

Hi, Clive wrote: Are these sentences right? A: Construction of a bridge over the river made the village people very happy. OK (Of course I know The construction is good. Yes) B: Destruction of cities by nuclear weapons did happen in the latter half of the 21st ...

SUGAR AND BLOOD: SLAVERY IN TWO WORLDSBY: ROLANDO CASELLA Between the early 1790s and the early 1820s, there was a difference in the way that slaves from the US and Brazil were treated. The slaves developed lawsuits against their masters in which, they argued for their right to be free. This...

"Lawful" and "legal" differ in that "lawful" means to conform to the substance of law, whereas "legal" means to be in conformity with the form of law. "A lawful act" is an act allowed by law. "A legal act" is any act that is technically in accordance with the forms and usages of law. In this...

Hello Mara Riglos wrote: " I find insecticides to be harmful for plants", "I believe problems to be an obstacle for the company's development", "I consider your ideas to be unhelpful/a disadvantage for our project". I think that the word "think" wouldn't be appropriate for my second example, why...

meaning that my father lived in that house before the marriage and then he moved to Chicago Right. I agree. But if there was no such 'before-ness' in a sentence, do you think the past perfect would be still required when the sentence had '...since S+past' construction? Example: I am...

Hi, Mr.P, I had to run and I didn't quote the examples Garner used. He says, "In this construction, a singular verb is required. But writers frequently get it wrong—e.g.: "Only one in five believe the Clintons did anything wrong in Whitewater." "The Polls," Dayton Daily News, 13 Mar....

Interesting and thorny topic, that! "usually" is the keyword. It appears to me that "for" is the only really common alternative to "of" in these constructions, with an occasional "to" or "with" or some other preposition. And it always depends on the verb, of course. Some take only "of"; some...