someone suggusted that 1: when the word "content " refers to the all the contents, it should be uncountable . 2: when the word "content" refers to part of all the contents, then it should be countable . eg

I think however is normally followed by the contrasting part, not preceeded by. i.e.: * I'ts nothing serious though * However, it's nothing serious. But I could be wrong.. 'a' or 'the' in the last question would depend

My fault! I steered myself the wrong way with the bold question sentence. Ok, here is my thought process: Twice as long means 2 times of the duration, whatever it may be. One may take 15 minutes to chow down a meal. For me, it takes me a

untoldpain, It is VERY helpful to give us context when you ask questions. For example, in a police drama, if the "bad guys" know that the police are close to finding them, you might hear someone say "They are running scared now and

All the three sentences are from Halliday's 'An Introduction to Functional Grammar' for which he didn't provide any context. I'd check the first sentence again to make sure I haven't spoiled it by typing errors. Your

Hi, i recently got critisized for the use of passive voice in an article on liposuction. My problem was, if i used active the term liposcution cropped up too often, and that is the type of writing i dislike.So id say something like.

Hi, this is a conversation between me and my friend, and I just wonder if they all make sense with no mistakes, but if there is any, your correction would be appreciated. All these are done in text messages. A : Hi, how are you doing?

Just with the context you have provided I am inclined to say that omitting the articles is an error. However, as you probably know, article use is quite idiomatic and speaker dependent as well as being very context dependent. Without a more

It is obviously very casual English, since there is no subject for the verb. There is no reason to find fault with 'felt'-- we assume the feeling was in the past, and there is no context that contradicts this assumption.

I wouldn't fault your explanation Gleb. I suppose the simple answer to the original questions is 1)Yes and 2)Yes. You go further and treat the issue of narrative structure with insight. Context is all however, and in response to a question