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A Little Help with Capitals This handout lists some guidelines for capitalization. If you have a question about whether a specific word should be capitalized that doesn't fit under one of these rules, try checking a dictionary to see if the word is capitalized there. Use capital letters in...

Technically, at doesn't refer to anything. at is not a referring expression. Generally, only nouns and pronouns can refer. Nevertheless, I understand what you're saying. Here at means 'upon hearing' or 'when I heard' or 'as I heard' or 'in reaction to'...

- Hey Tom! - Hey, what's up? - The robbers warned the victim not to report that to the police. - What? - Yes, the robbers warned the victim not to report that to the police. - What are you talking about? What robbers? - You know, they warned the victim not to report th... - Damn, cut it out! I...

some jokes could be very old... but it doesn´t matter, be happy again Riddles of Alphabet Q: What letter of the alphabet is an insect? A: B. (bee) Q: What letter is a part of the head? A: I. (eye) Q: What letter is a drink? A: T. (tea) Q: What letter is a body of water? A: C....

Dear madam / sir, Being possessor of an exploitation right concerning an innovating technology of communication described below, I solicit your attention in order to know if any utilization would eventually interest you. Kind regards, (letters into brackets are readable with a...

Hello English teacher in Australia, I'm happy to respond to your post. It was quite clear from your initial post that you objected to "that" being the correct answer to the original question. You also denied the grammatical validity of two other like examples where "that' is used as a...

How To Learn English ? PART 2 Learning a language is mainly based upon self-struggle. Maybe the only thing to be done by the teachers on this subject is to advise a method. Because, in a sense, language cannot be taught but learned. So, it’s suitable that the students are shown ways...

Roro wrote: Hello MrPedantic. I have an off-topic-question, As to the word〖preposition〗which you kindly forced on me. The following is its definition (from Webster's online dictionary): ┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈ 1. A function word that combines with a noun or pronoun or...

Dear Pastel. Did you know this pictorial symbol? ⎝谷⎠ (Oh my God...) I remember using it for the first time when all of my data were vanished, in a flash, because of my lack of care. I like it, though! For those who don't know Kanji: this hieroglyph ..谷.. means 'valley.' ...

Hi, MountainHiker, I have a question here. > You are right that 'boyfriend's' implies sort of possessive, I would say it behaves like a 'doubel genitive' or 'possesive/double pronoun'. For examples She's a friend of mine. She's a friend of ours. She's a friend of my boyfriend's. ...