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Hi Everbody: I'll leave this discussion in your capable hands and offer you all some further reading and viewing for your pleasure Here are some links on participial phrases : www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNzKX-my5C0 (video) www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OMHyyD6TsY&feature=related (video) ...

Hi chantelzn, welcome to English Forums! I thought I had a good answer, but realized I was wrong. The questions in group A all begin with one of the famous interrogatives, who, where, what, when, how, and why . (b)'s an interrogative pronoun, the others are adverbs. Hopefully, someone will...

I obviously agree with Forbes: it depends on your first language. I have never had any problems with passive sentences, subjects and objects, the difference between countable and uncountable, etc. because those are all features I have in Italian too. It is not difficult at all for me to use...

Thanks CJ " Serious grammatical error " is my paraphrase. But when and if ESL students start to expressly state "this IS an exceptional usage", I suppose that means "these is a set rule on this and no one can break that in any shape or form". " the...

Both types of sentences tend to have the same meaning generally speaking. Grammatically, sentence 1 has the meaning that tomorrow is the day on which I am to be off duty (if we treat 'tomorrow' as a noun) whereas sentence 2 appears to mean that tomorrow I'm taking a day off without...

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Kenta wrote: Hello. Is there any difference between "stay home" and "stay at home"? I know both are OK, but if there is a slight difference, will you tell me? Thank you. home is an adverb so you say stay home. I dont think you can say 'stay at home.' You need a possessive...

"The Change of the Characteristics in the passage from The Hours " The passage from the novel The Hours by Michael Cunningham is intriguing. The passage illustrates the difference between the character's characteristics in different time settings: past and present. This difference is...

One simple way to look at the difference between a PREP (preposition) & a CONJ (conjunction) is that while a PREP is a word (or words) that placed before a noun or pronoun to show the kind of relationship the person or thing denoted by it stands in regard to something else, a CONJ is a word...

Osee wrote: Hi there, Questions post near the red parts below. Thanks a lot. Osee __ The idea seems reasonable. Recognize better workers with extra pay. But it's not that simple. Performance may be easy to measure in some workplaces. But teachers say a classroom is not one of them. Last...