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Yours sincerely and Yours faithfully In the UK, traditional valedictions have been mainly replaced by "Yours sincerely" or "Yours faithfully". (Do not paste and copy lengthy material without citing references-- MM) I personally feel that Kind Regards or Best Regards...

SHALL AND WILL IT is unfortunate that the idiomatic use, while it comes by nature to southern Englishmen (who will find most of this section superfluous), is so complicated that those who are not to the manner born can hardly acquire it; and for them the section is in danger of...

Thank you, Mr. M. In your answer you said "the post-colon portion elaborated the number of books on chaos theory" in regard to the following example sentence: We've had streams of books on chaos theory: no fewer that tweleve since 1988. My one possible foible is the fact that I try read...

It is due tommorow! Am I proving my theme statement? If not, how so? How can I add more explanation to the quote labeled page 141? How can I explain Lucille is corrupted? Thanks for the help! The Roaring Twenties was a new era in response to the horrific World War I. Many people, seeing the...

Swagatalakshmi wrote: OK - consulted couple of grammar books. "Participles" (verb+-ing or verb in past participle form) ALWAYS modify nouns. If you see a verb +-ing used as a stand-alone phrase (noun) which is not modifying anything, it must be a gerund. There is nothing called "adverbial...

Like CalifJim said, the preposition "on" is optional with regard to dates. It's perfectly acceptable to say "His birthday is July 5th." When referring to time, the preposition "at" is obligatory when using a complete sentence. However, it's not necessary in conversation when responding to a...

Hi there MrP and Sextus, Well, honestly telling you I've not been this kind of big stuff yet because it demands some patience , determinations and time. But anyone can do it if one can find the person who has mastered the things. And the most authentic person in the world was Dr. Narayan...

I am Rob Whitehurst and have been fortunate that one of my correspondents has let me know about this forum. I have read the postings and the translation here and am delighted to "get a take on" another effort to bring Thuy's journals into English. I will post the URL to the Vietnam Project:...

Paco: By the way I have a feeling that English 'now' (in the linguistic sense, not in the physical sense) is not instantaneous, but it seems to occupy some span in the time that flows from the past to the future. Otherwise I cannot understand the usage of the present progressive tense. JTT:...

You've done well. Your writing is quite good. And I like your enthusiasm. Here are my intial thoughts. You have a bit of work to do, but not much. MountainHiker Mr. Tom Laurie: This email