hi,"the terms you use are "coined phrases" not frequently used by the average English speaker,or the speaker of average english, however there is a practical approach to the usage of English, i.e. it is more than likely that 98% of

Just a few comments and a curious thought... What is "sightings" referred to in your O.P.? Is it in the same context as "The UFO sightings"? Sightings is the shortcut of "sighting report". It is a

Just a few comments and a curious thought... What is "sightings" referred to in your O.P.? Is it in the same context as "The UFO sightings"? Would anyone object the use of the word " refrain from sending" in

you know, since some english words have so many meanings, sometimes I really don't know people use them in what kind of meaning, especially when our non-native speakers use them.

http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verbs-questions-tag.htm Same-way question tags Although the basic structure of tag questions is positive-negative or negative-positive, it is sometime possible to use a positive-positive or

Hi lucash. Welcome to English Forums. Sometimes they're used interchangeably. "What do you think of X?" (could be a person or a thing) Usually asking for a negative or positive opinion - for or against. "What do you think

Hi John, I teach English and would be glad to explain the sentences: first, neither sentence is grammatically correct. The first one shoud be: When Sue arrivED, we had dinner. That's the only way, (or the only one) that

I would also write "is as beautiful as you" but I may be in error there. My high school English teacher would not accept as there. With a negative ( No other ...), she insisted that only so could be used. A bit finicky, I thought. CJ

Hello! I am a university student from Russia. We have to write quite a lot of essays as part of our English course. However, every term we get a new teacher, this is just how the system works, and all teachers are quite different in how they

Hi, Avangi, I can’t thank you enough. This time I understand completely! But I have to say, your “often” in the example is my “sometimes.” When I consider “No, I sometimes don’t”, I’ll wonder about the other half. (It’s fifty-fifty.)