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"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...

Hi Barb A further problem is that the negative and interrogative forms of 'used to do' are not used anywhere near as often as the affirmative form. So we aren't used to seeing them in print either. .. Hi Jackson As regards using the -ing form of a verb after the word...

There's some differentiation between the two here, they seem to be considered synonyms only for the meaning 2: --------- till Function: preposition 1 chiefly Scotland a : to a place of arrival : through to : as far as < till an end> b : to or toward a limit or...

Thanks Clive and Inchoateknowledge for your promt replies. To further the discussion of NOT place in the question, what do you think of NOT place if a pronoun is used instead of a noun. For example, look at those sentences and determine if NOT is placed correctly. 1- Why did he NOT come into...

Hi, What is the difference between the sentence "It's no big deal." and "It's not a big deal."? The meaning is certainly similar. However, the use of 'no' in this way makes the negative more emphatic. Compare He's not a cook to He's no cook. His food tastes terrible. In my understanding,...

Hi, Additionaly, some notes on this subject. There is a important knowledge about quantifies, affirmative and negative statements, and question. A Few A few is used with countable nouns to show a small quantity. It is used in affirmative...

What meaning does few convey when used with 'negative' nouns compared to a few ? I went to the denstist and he found few cavities. I went to the denstist and he found a few cavities.

The talks on the Linguists Forum are preserved in a Japanese site. Q) Hello, I'm a graduate student at a university in Japan. In English class at Japanese high schools, students were told to put "the" before the name of musical instrument. But I often come across musical instruments without...

??I want that you clean up your room this instant! It would not surprise me to learn that it was possible in some NAmE Englishes. Some Romance language speaking immigrants may speak it. Quote from Everything2 : The Subjunctive Mood of English After verbs which formerly...

Hello everybody, Yes, the issue is singular or plural as many questions have been posted in the past and so will be. I searched this sort of any previous question but whether or not I am a bad internet surfer I coudn't find what I am going to mention. Elemental but very ambiguous. -...