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Hi CB, I wouldn't know where to start! English grammar is pretty different from Italian grammar. However, there are a lot of similar words (one example: government - governo), and several similar structures and idioms. The problem is that there are also several false friends, and lots of...

Hi Muttley Unfortunately there are a myriad cases involving proper nouns with adjectival attributes and the indefinite article. You'll just have to learn them piecemeal. As you said in your first post, a/an is often used with a person's name: We met a sad George yesterday. The indefinite...

Englishuser wrote: A non-native speaker who has immersed himself or herself with highbrow literature written in a foreign language could very well have a more vivid vocabulary and a better knowledge of the grammar of the language than the average native speaker. At least as far as the 'standard...

Hello everybody, If I understand well, I can always use "slowly" instead of "slow." Am I right? An Introduction To English Grammar wrote: Some words can have the same form for both the adjectives and the adverbs: easily, fast, hard, late, slow, quick, long, and words in...