By Numbers, Sentence structures

Liat, I don’t think the correct answer should be dependent on the number of student based on the original question which was only 5% of the students are placed after completion of their training. Clearly, the subject is the percentage which is “5%”, not the student; if my understanding is true....

Sorry for asking you this.What did you mean by the underlined sentence? Did you mean:1: Since and as... in the above sentence but they cannot be used in the above sentence?Or2: Since and as... in the above sentence but I just didn't use them?

Fine, because you now have a main clause. There is nothing wrong with beginning a sentence with because, since or as as long as you have a main clause as well. Otherwise, strictly speaking, you don't have a sentence since because, since and as are subordinate conjunctions, beginning...

I have struck out unnecessary or inappropriate verbiage, made some corrections (in bold). You may also have to fix the sentence structure to correct for my deletions.February 2, 2008 Director of the Program Department of ABC University of ABC Dear Dr Smith:I am writing to apply for the Master’s...

This post is a little dated but since I've been working with my students on this very topic I thought I'd post.First, you can't understand what the "object of the preposition" is if you don't first know how to identify prepositions. So you need to find a list (google "list prepositions English"...

Hoa Thai wrote: Vincent Teo wrote: Can I write the sentence with the correct position of "has"? You certainly can! (a) Ali is very boastful and has a few friends. Okay. BTW, do you mean 'a few' or 'few'? 'a few' means 'a small number of friends'; 'few' w/o 'a' means 'not mnay' or even...

I think "a few" or "few" is correct if I want to mean a small number or not many, right?

Vincent Teo wrote:Can I write the sentence with the correct position of "has"? You certainly can! (a) Ali is very boastful and has a few friends. Okay. BTW, do you mean 'a few' or 'few'? 'a few' means 'a small number of friends'; 'few' w/o 'a' means 'not mnay' or even 'none'.

Arvsworld wrote:It's generally not the number of words you know but how well you use them (to express your thoughts clearly) that indicate your mastery level. Tests like the TOEFL and the IELTS rate your mastery of English for the academic and work related settings. Knowing all the words...

It's generally not the number of words you know but how well you use them (to express your thoughts clearly) that indicate your mastery level. Tests like the TOEFL and the IELTS rate your mastery of English for the academic and work related settings. Knowing all the words in the dictionary is...