By Nouns, Invitations

You will find "respect" used like this: in every respect, in this repsect, in respect to ... You will often find it paired with "in." I repeat the invitation to try to create sentences using these words to see which one seems to make sense.

Mr. Miclawer, I wasn’t going to expand this pluralization discussion on “creams” and “wines”. But it really bothered the heck out of me for two reasons. 1) I really wanted to find out if I was really blowing hot air on this subject because of my misunderstanding of this topic, and 2) if there...

Hi, 1) Where I think we need to carve out some territory of definition in practice is to say that proselytism is relating to people different from oneself by using means and methods with ulterior motives in order to convert. But what's happening in secular literature is that it is moving...

In the preceding post of yours, you said: Please consider my comments, and try again if you want to. Thank you for your kind invitation for another try and I am going to follow through with your invitation. I was doing my own study on the matter by checking these forums' old posts and I think...

Anonymous wrote:1.'She asked him to leave, but he declined.'Is 'declined' appropriate in the sentence?I see nothing wrong with it.de·cline, v., -clined, -clin·ing, n. –v.t.1. to withhold or deny consent to do, enter into or upon, etc.; refuse: He declined to say more about it.2. to express...

Hi, It used to be that the word “invite” was used as a verb while “invitation” was the noun. But now the word “invite” is often used as a noun as well, e.g. “We will send you the invite to the show.” Is this correct? No, I'd call this regional slang. Clive

It used to be that the word “invite” was used as a verb while “invitation” was the noun. But now the word “invite” is often used as a noun as well, e.g. “We will send you the invite to the show.” Is this correct?

Thank you for your explanation and invitation to present some more example sentences. I cannot think of them right now but I am sure some will be presented in the future. Your last example sentence, "English people don't like to eat horse," is what likely to raised some doubt as to its valid...

Nona The Brit wrote:In British English nouns such as 'team' can be treated as either plural or singular.Nona, I think this is more a question of your ear being accustomed to this type of construction rather than it being good grammar. To me, also a British native, it is unacceptable. Nona The...

They are all correct but you need to look at the meaning of the sentence in slightly different ways. Wonderland Park's gardening team will offer its special growing tips. The gardening team will share its knowledge on growing plants. Wonderland Park's gardening team will offer their special...