When it comes to preposition, I always feel uncomfortable. By reading sentences with ' in or on or of ', I intuitively guess the meaning of sentence. (although, sometimes there are phrasal verbs which have totally different

I'm quite fond of the Cambridge English In Use series. I've really learnt a lot from them. But if it's the best... who knows. Regards Dokterjokkebrok

Hi, evryone. I am trying to improve my english and I need some help. I have a few questions: 1. What is synonym for "account for X per cent"? How to say in other words this sentence: It accounts for 55 per cent. 2. This sentence is

I'm trying to study English phrasal verbs. I would like to find some web page with a good explanation of the most important phrasal verbs I have a dictionary, but it's very hard to study phrasal verbs with it, I need some help Thanks

I found this amazingly perplexing.. I hope I've done nothing to disuade you from being adamant. Second thought, "adamant" may not a a good chcoice of word on my part as it presents a negative cannotation. If it's

Liat. If you insist the sentence is correct, can you please educate me which one of the following definitions meets the grammatical requirement of the sentence in question? For the benefit of a slight doubt, I will invite other's opinions.

It seems you model the abilities and needs of all ESL students on yourself. That's what you are doing too, except it's never clear what the foudation of your reasoning is, and often also what the actual reasoning is. It seems successful

Of course, your sentence is grammatically correct. Who tells you that the people in English speaking countries are not using the phrasal verb "to pick up" in their speech? However, my native language is not the English language

"Please don't push me. I can't pull this off , as I can't swim" What does 'pull off' mean in the context? Does it mean to accomplish something? Is 'pull sth off' common usage in spoken English? Thanks