Greetings, English 1b3, let me begin by characterising each sentence you mention and then laying my case for the correctness/incorrectness of each utterance: 1. The glasses no longer have crappy read and green lenses, instead having clear

Hard to answer anything since I'm not even sure what 'normal' is in this context. 'Bring forth' is a phrasal verb, meaning 'produce' among other meanings. I merely meant that religion shouldn't be forced to nearly

Could someone help me with this? 1 I restored factory setting so the computer is the same as when it came out of the store. This is okay, but "settings" is more common. 2 Every woman has occasion when she wants to look her best. Use

Hi, Sometimes there can be some confusion between the two kinds of family that you discuss below. What you say tends to depend on who you are talking to, and on the context. We usually don't ask a child these things, as we assume they

It was the most exciting trip that I __. (A) have had (B) had had (C) have (D) had Hi, sitifan. I like the past perfect in this case. In my opinion the first tense refers not to the trip but to the evaluation. The second tense refers not to

Wow. Thanks to all of you for your feedback! Avangi: «I'm not sure of the context here, but to me it's simply bad language.» The context is the following: a girl is playing a very unusual computer game (which then turns out to be a portal

To ask for someone's general opinion about someone I theoretically prefer #1, but in conversation I'd probably be just as likely to use #2. It occurred to me later that I tend to use #1 and #2 in slightly different contexts, rather

Yes, either tense is OK, depending on the context. If I were speaking to my friend about something in the past, I use past. If it is something that happened earlier in the same conversation, I use present perfect. Example: Last week you told me

Some suggestions/comments...   It is not only with W estern cultures.  These taboos also exist here.  Western cultures are representations of inherent human nature. Many people from my town who are settled in countries  such as the  USA, Canada,

"nmstevens" "Ovum" You probably didn't mean this in a bad way, but ... the term you use above is actually a racist epithet. Well, I don't know how exactly Martin is using it, but the context in which I'm familiar