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With regard to those two definitions from Oxford, think of respect as way ; think of aspect as way of looking at something or way of considering something. In this her character he hadn't seen before. Note how common aspect of is. respect is not as commonly used with of . CJ

Hi Anon, I was intrigued by this issue, as I too could see no substantial difference between the examples. I think it comes down to a simple misunderstanding. The Anon said, "The dilemma how to know what and how much to truncate, Mr.M." When we say,"There is Superman, up...

Anonymous wrote: I'd really appreciate your reply to my first letter. But in the sentence: "The news that he won surprised us all." that he won- is the noun clause;according to one of the website on the Internet. In the sentence "The fact that the earth is round is obvious." that the earth is...

Dear, Mister Micawber, I hope my questions don't seem to you very stupid. J The point is that in my language we don't say "What are they?". We use "What are these?" in all cases, whether we point to the objects or identify them. That's why I can't "feel" the difference between these questions. ...

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...

But how about "teacherS unions" in the following sentence from Voice of American ( http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/archive/2007-09/2007-09-26-voa2.cfm )? Attempts at merit pay for American teachers have failed in many cases because of resistance from teachers unions or budget cuts. ...

Hello, I believe that we have been talking about compound noun, in which the preceded word could be singular or plural and acts as an adjective. I also believe that it is up to people, who want to convey their message / idea, to sensibly use whatever mode they want. Let us look at the compound...

Hello Osee, as far as I know there's no difference between the 2 nouns as regards the meaning, but midst is an obsolete word, I don't think it's very used nowadays (at least this is what I've studied on books ), probably a native speaker could say more!

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...

Hi, Here are a couple lof links to get you started. These articles are not dedicated specifically to your problem, but they explain adjectives and compound words very well. http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/adjectives.htm http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/compounds.htm ...