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

Can you explain the meaning of would in the statement below? I would say that your grammar book, Cambridge Dictionaries and the British Library are all correct The biggest mistake that learners make about the word would is that it has a meaning

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

Mrs Hay___________(drive) along a small country road when she ___________(see) a man at the side of the road. He ___________(wave) and pointing at his car. Mrs Hay ______________(stop) and _________(ask) the man if he was all right. 'My

I have to write an essay on obesitas. Could you please check it on grammatical errors, tenses, spelling, sentence structure, coherence,..? Thank you very much! IS OBESITAS REALLY SUCH A BIG PROBLEM? Each day, we are astounded by newspaper

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,

Mrs Hay__(drive) along a small country road when she __(see) a man at the side of the road. He __(wave) and pointing at his car. Mrs Hay __(stop) and __(ask) the man if he was all right. 'My car's broken down,' said the man.