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Hi everybody, I strongly disagree with the views mentioned on behalf of the Callan Method. Just because it promises to get the student where he or she wants to, doesn't mean the Method deserves criticism. I've been teaching English both the traditional way and the Callan Method way for...

some error occurred i m posting again , Please check again my this computer paragraph for mistakes and improvement suggestions: Thanks! The computer lies over the wooden table against the mid-wall of my room. Its gradual help in my studies supported me like caretaker. Usually my spelling...

Hey guys now please check my paragraph again for mistakes and some suggestions to add good metaphors or improvements. Thanks ! The computer lies over the wooden table against the mid-wall of my room. Its gradual help in my studies supported me like caretaker. Usually my spelling...

Hello Grammar Geek, thanks for helping me here! Well I don’t understand the previous post. Giant size, are you saying about speaker size I should emphasis for metaphor? My light-brown table placed on the opposite side opposite side of the bed from what? of the bed,...

I think New2grammar said that, to him, a past perfect always precedes a present. It seems that is not always correct, isn't it?? CalifJim wrote: To be sure, I think we'd need at least one paragraph that precedes this sentence. Maybe the first part about the dogs should have...

. 1. (My husband Mark and I both do volunteer work) but (Ryan was only six years old) -- two independant clauses conected by the conj. but? -- Well, yes... BUT sample sentences should make some sense, Fernanda! There is no evident relationship between the two facts, so they should not even be in...

Hi Maple, Are you sure you mean "sentences"? That looks to me like one wallyloobirdpippin of a single sentence! Are Chinese materia medica medicinal herbs or the collected wisdom of the ages re stomach pain? By "sieving" are you speaking figuratively about going...

Anonymous wrote: Hi, I usually edit some of the stuff my coworkers write around here, I believe I have good knowledge of what I'm doing but now I doubt it because of a document I'm reading right now... This is how it reads (in many paragraphs): "It is recommended that the agency...

Hi, everyone! Happy New Year! But I'm trying to be happy. I'm pulled into a debate over "the very English standard" in a Chinese translation forum. A "sensible" lad who crammed in China's New Oriental Language School asserts that many usages, including those in nytimes.com, economist.com,...

May I butt in, GG? "That" is / should be used in a defining relative clause - the kind of clause you can't do without if you want to keep the meaning of your sentence. "This is the paragraph that interested him most" I tend to use "which" in undefining relative clauses - those you can do...