By Negatives, Numbers

Re: help with grammar

In the article, "Only science can save us from climate catastrophe", political philosopher John Gray advocates the role of technology in environmental debate on how to tackle environmental problems. While the ecological footprint metric indicates, that "things are bad and getting...

help with grammar

can you please check my grammar in this short analysis? thank you very very much In the article, "Only science can save us from climate catastrophe", political philosopher John Gray advocates the role of technology in environmental debate on how to tackle environmental problems....

There's not an onion？

Hi everybody: I've seen the negative sentence below in a book and I've not understood it's meaning. Please help me. "There's not an onion in the house." Does it mean "The number of onions in the house is zero" or "The...

Re: more big

Hi JimI don't know whether LiJ actually intended to ask only whether "more big" is OK. What LiJ actually did ask about, however, was whether a sentence with the wording no+more+one-syllable adjective+than was OK. In other words, LiJ asked specifically about a negative structure...

Re: TEst problem

Hi guys, I just looked at the link. Note that there are a number of meanings listed. #2 is Hoa Thai's, where "sequence" might be a synonym; #1 is Belly's, where "progress" is a synonym. I think it's safe to say, "We watched the progress / progression of the disease," where "progression" could...

Re: 'most vs. almost

That lesson cost me almost a hundred dollars They first settled here almost 75 years ago or Almost 1000

Re: how to ask a question about a new feature

Hi Lbc, I just wanted to recommend to you a thread in the general grammar section called "Politeness using negative questions" initiated by Kooleen, last post 18-12-2007. Sorry, I don't know how to find the serial number. Your group of seven phrases sound perfectly natural to me. Gotta run, ...

Re: Politeness using negative questions

Geeeez, thank God I asked about this... it's definitely not the same as in Italian, LOL. This means I'm NOT going to use negative questions when I ask for a favor... Thanks a lot for taking the time to explain this better, Jim. CalifJim wrote: I think it's safe to say that all negative...

Re: Relation

Fizzi wrote: Would somebody please help me with the English?Regards,Fizzi 1- Information on x with no relation to benefit outcomes was not included. Hi Fizzi, Are you sure you have it right? It doesn't make sense to me with the two negatives. Some context would help. I expect "to benefit...

PleasePlease proofread my report

Hey, sorry to repost, but the other came out really difficult to read so i have delete tables etc. Could someone please proof-read my work. I am dyslexia and find proof-checking my work near impossible. It is long but will probably only be stupid mistakes. *** Introduction Due to social...