These are correct: 1. It is to be used as a replacement for the old equipment currently in use. 2. With your generous support, (the) construction has begun on our long-awaited project. It is expected to be completed soon. 3. Hearing the jingling

1 How was I supposed to know you'd break it./How was I to know you'd break it. BOTH <Yes, but this is a queston, so add ? at the end.> 2 If I had to walk any further/farther with this in hand <,> I wouldn't have been able

This is case where you should consider the "amount", and not the number of things. Two and two is four. (= Two plus two equals four) Ten dollars is not enough for us. (= That amount of money is not enough...) Two slices of cakes is ten

I think you may be asking for explicit, black and white answers, to questions which don't lend themselves to such answers. There seem to be two problems in that there are: *Differences between British and American usages. *Differences in

In number one, "to" is the correct preposition. In number two, the first version is correct, although the second "to" may be omitted. You sometimes hear the second version. I believe people sometimes get careless and confuse

Hi Fandorin, I am sorry that I left out the "To collect / collecting" part and a few others. Would the following "collect" usages be correct? 1. Artist Soong is in town to collect his overdue welcome and exhibit his

Hi, wholegrain, I think spaced_man's position is sound. He addressed your original objection in his second post, showing that your author did in fact mean to present a "meta-analysis," in which the "analyses were analyzed,"

My college had Constitution Day on Sep 16th, and I've assigned to write a synopsis for the day. I wrote and correct the numeric usage in the synopsis, but I still do not have a confidence with what I wrote. For example, I usually make SV

Lena, according to a number of dictionaries and reference books on English usage, follow-up meaning a book, film, or article that is based on or develops an earlier one (=sequel) is used with to, eg, He's currently working on a follow-up to

"A survey by national council of Churches showed that in 1986 there were 20,736 females ministers, almost 9 percent of the nation's clergy, a number double that of 1977 " Is there any error in this sentence-specially with usage of