1 A dog's brain is disproportionately small (compared) to the size of head. Among mammals, a dog's brain is disproportionately small for his head. 2 She knows him so well as to be able to write a message in his place and people would

Dear friend, 'should go' is a single verb phrase containing a modal auxiliary verb should . This operator is more specifically known as a central modal , because it shares all the features pertaining to modal auxiliary verbs. 'need to

If a negative word such as not or never or a restrictive word such as only, seldom, hardly etc. begins a sentence, inversion occurs in the main clause : Not until I read what had happened did I realise the magnitude of the problem. Seldom does

Thanks! I mean, I "emoticonically" cry because I still don't understand, LOL. I find it hard to believe there isn't a simple rule of thumb to follow, but maybe there really isn't one. Native speakers just trust their

The reason that can be given for the incorrectness of the second sentence is as follows: both if -clause and unless -clause in your example are conditional; the unless -clause is roughly synonymous with a negative if- clause, but UNLESS PLACES

Hi Yaggy, I'm no expert, but perhaps I can help. She is getting more beautiful every day . I get, you get, he/she/it gets is the simple present tense. I am getting, You are getting, He is getting is the present continuous - the

Seems correct. Except instead if apologetically I'd say deplorably; rueful concerns the clause "I'm snowed under", which is considered a deplorable excuse. The entire thing has a very negative tone to it. Also, to weasel out is

What do you suspect makes 'barely' take on a positive tone, and what a negative tone? I don't think I ever perceive a positive sense to it. What if the sentence is followed by some positively supporting clause like "because I

1. i am as strong as him ( change into comparative) 2. india is larger than any other democracy in the world ( change into positve) 3. no other metal is useful as iron ( change into superlative ) 4. she is known to me ( change into active ) 5. it

Hi Sunsail In my last post, I mentioned only the use of the present subjunctive in clauses introduced by the word " that ". After the word "that", you will have a clause containing a subject and a verb . For example: - I