I just want to weigh in on this discussion and say that "Jew" is also a verb Hmm, it's not in Merriam Webster. But it's on thefreedictionary.com, which means it should be in The American Heritage Dictionary or something. So I

May I join the conversation? Perhaps it's just my imagination, but short words in English seem to have a negative sense. Thus, I feel very uncomfortable in using the noun instead of "Jewish person." By the way, Jewish people here in

These are both generalizations. Some generalizations are safer than others. Adding a word like "often", "seldom", "sometimes" can soften the implication if it's a negative one.

Hi, Is there any word that can best describe a person who likes to make fun of others? Depending on the context, 'make fun of others' can have eithera positive/friendly or negative/unkind feeling to it. eg positive - kidder,

I am a confused about this sentence: "The flat cleaned yesterday." I thought it needed a past tense form verb 'to be' which is was. However, when I checked using Microsoft Word, it did not give any negative comment.

Can you explain to me why in the affirmative sentence we can use “any” or “every”: But in negative sentence we use “Not every”, and we can’t use “Not any”. every and any don't mean the same thing. not any before a noun is not a usual

Hi Nessie Although the wording strikes me as odd, I would say that the writer intended to modify the word "compared" with the adverb "poorly" rather than to use an adjective to refer back to the noun "impact".In

Do you also consider this inversion? A tree is there. <--> There is a tree I personally think it is. These 2 websites will clear all all doubts on inversions. http://esl.about.com/od/advancedgrammar/a/inversion.htm

Welcome to the forum! What is the theme of your essay? Usually the first paragraph introduces the essay, and what you are going to talk about. It seems like a reporter's story about Mike's lecture. Is that correct? Or is it your personal

. The pause comes before the stress, and English stress comes in the stressed syllable of new words (information words, words new to the conversation), negative words, contrasting words, and generally nouns, verbs and adverbs. These are just