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The explanation given above is a good one. Did you read it? To simply express your opinion in everyday conversation, I suggest you do not use "According to me." It's fine for other pronouns and other nouns. According to Mike, according to her, according to the written...

A phone conversation:A: I hope...(trails off)B: What do you hope?A: I hope to see you soon! B did not say "How do you hope?" B said "What do you hope?" It requires an object - it's not an intransitive verb in this case. So the infinitive is a noun phrase, and is the...

Hi,I will give you an example of the puzzle : at the University of Glasgow (not Glasgow University), you have a Faculty of Physical sciences (not Physical sciences Faculty), a Department of Geographical and Earth Sciences (not Geographical and Earth Sciences Department) I don't see anything...

This is an example of a grammar issue that is made difficult because frequent usage of the "a lot" construction in informal conversation makes it tricky to say what is correct based on how it "sounds." Whether the nouns are countable/uncountable or singular/plural is beside...

Hi,1.Would you tell me if the steps I applied in writing out adjectives are correct or not? a stone-accented conversation piece -- I don't know what a "conversation piece" is but I think it is something you sit on or use when having conversation with others.First, I think...

Yes. He sat in one of the chairs that were arranged around the table. That's exactly what He sat at the table means.CJ

"Volcano" is presumably the name or title of that player, so it is indicating that this is a name and not an exploding mountain. You would not put an article before it unless there are more than one players with the name/title (as was indicated further onin the passage above),

Thank you. You said: Usually when we introduce a common noun into a conversation for the first time we use the infinite article, then when we refer back to that item/person/etc. we use the definite. Does it apply to what seems to be a common noun used a game instruction section like as in ...

Usually when we introduce a common noun into a conversation for the first time we use the indefinite article, then when we refer back to that item/person/etc. we use the definite.There was a man. The man was eating an apple. Although the apple appeared fresh it contained a worm. The worm...

These are my perceptions. "I haven't a" is used in certain expressions such as "I haven't a clue" or "I haven't a care in the world" (probably this is the same in the US?), but it is not natural with arbitrary nouns. For example, almost no one these...