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Hi everybody, I strongly disagree with the views mentioned on behalf of the Callan Method. Just because it promises to get the student where he or she wants to, doesn't mean the Method deserves criticism. I've been teaching English both the traditional way and the Callan Method way for...

I'm not sure what you would like me to comment on, so I'll offer some random remarks that may or may not touch on your concerns. Note, in particular, the so ... that ... structure in the original ( It was so quiet that ... ) is a complicating factor. Secondly, the semi-modal have to in...

Hi, Sentence A . It takes all sorts ( to make a world ) ( saying ) used to say that you think somebody's behaviour is very strange or unusual but that everyone is different and likes different things. ( Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary ). it takes all sorts ( to make a world...

Sentence A . It takes all sorts ( to make a world ) ( saying ) used to say that you think somebody's behaviour is very strange or unusual but that everyone is different and likes different things. ( Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary ). it takes all sorts ( to make a world ) (...

Yoong Liat wrote: Hi Jackson The S entences 2 and 3 are the interrogatives made from the sentence 1. The S entence 3 is much more common than sentence 2. In grammar, a clause that is in the interrogative has its subject following 'do', 'be', 'have' or a modal verb. That means sentence 2 is...

Hi Jackson The S entences 2 and 3 are the interrogatives made from the sentence 1. The S entence 3 is much more common than sentence 2. In grammar, a clause that is in the interrogative has its subject following 'do', 'be', 'have' or a modal verb. That means sentence 2 is grammatically...

Jackson6612 wrote: 1: I should not respect you. 2: Should I not respect you? 3: Shouldn't I respect you? The sentences 2 and 3 are the interrogatives made from the sentence 1. The sentence 3 is much more common than sentence 2. In grammar, a clause that is in the interrogative has its...

Jackson6612 wrote: In grammar, a clause that is in the interrogative has its subject following do, be, have, or a modal verb. The pronoun goes in the first possible position after do, be, have, or a modal verb. In a case where that verb is part of a contraction the first possible position is...

1: I should not respect you. 2: Should I not respect you? 3: Shouldn't I respect you? The sentences 2 and 3 are the interrogatives made from the sentence 1. The sentence 3 is much more common than sentence 2. In grammar, a clause that is in the interrogative has its subject following...

Basically, the reactor Now, don't tear your hair out and start screaming, but the second of the two series above is sometimes taken to mean the same as the first series! -- that is, taken to refer to what was then the future instead of what was then the past. My recommendation, if...