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. To vast a question, d_say-- and the sentences are already in English! DOWN: –adverb 1. from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a lower position: to come down the ladder. 2. on or to the ground, floor, or bottom: He fell down. 3. to or in...

In that case, the quote is probably: To quit in space is the same as to quit in the corridor.   As Clive points out, you need the as  in the sentence (always write the same as )  The infinitives can be used instead of the gerunds to give it more of a sense of 'if you do it', other than...

Yes, it's odd way not to use "a". Indeed, "any=some" implies itself plural noun to be used. So the difference in translation some of constructions in English seems to be slightly smoothed between two meanings you mentioned above. At least it's so in my language.

You can do that too, but it is not common, it's only used sometimes for emphasis. It's easy to build odd sentences that way, so I personally prefer to avoid using it that way, as a learner. When talking about one thing, using the article "a" (or "an") is the common...

. Thank you. So if the word is specifically referenced to by context, we should use the definite article to indicate specifcity of it like you did with the noun 'power'. Is that right?-- Yes You wrote this as an introducing part (if that is phrased right) to the examples: I think they...

Welcome to EF, mariappan Truth is always an abstrcat noun because you can't put it on the scales and weigh it. It may occasionally be countable, which has nothing to do with being abstract. I may be wrong but I think it's the article (the) that you are concerned with? The article is...

I think the difference in meaning that they're highlighting relates to the words "immediately following", which means "immediately following in time, starting now". Here are a few points relating to this usage that immediately come to mind. I don't claim that this...

Thank you, CalifJim and Mr. M. No, no. I wasn't trying to put anyone who answers my question in a dubious position as having to prove or disprove anyone in an excellent standing like Mr. M. I was trying to find an answer to this question, which I consider important to know the answer to. You...

Hi, it's just an idiom used to say "that husband who is a fool". But I think there's something interesting about this idiom, which I am not sure about. 1) Additional particles go before the first noun: I saw your idiot of a sister. I saw that idiot of a sister of yours. NOT:...

I don't know where you are from so you may or may not have this feature in your own language: Because French has noun genders (masculine and feminine), French schoolchildren learn all their nouns with the article, for example "le nez", "la bouche", so they always know what gender the word has....