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

Hello, I'd like to know if you regard the phrasal verbs 'come off' and 'come over' as synonymous in the sentence below or whether there is any difference in meaning. Thank you. She comes over as an efficient

The driver trook the people who had been waiting for a ride. - Do you find anything wrong in it? But the explanation in the book says, it is wrong. FOR A RIDE refers PEOPLE. But even if FOR A RIDE refers PEOPLE, it is not sentence fragment. The

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

Please ignore my first question. I was wrong about my conjecture. The verb is "smack." Just now, I found that "smack of something" is a phrasal verb. But still, please shed some light on the second question. Regards,

And we can wait on it for now. This one strikes me as different from the others. You? We can -- for now -- . Here on strikes me as prepositional rather than as the adverbial particle of the phrasal verb wait on . Just a thought. And not a very

So, Clive, would it be possible to simpy say I'm dropping off ? I mean, to me, it sounds a bit odd... using this phrasal verb in the continuous form, but I assume it's allright anyway? I can't come up with any other context than for

Hi Stenka, I'd say none of these require(s) the "it." In 1 & 2 you must not use it. In 3 you may use it (it's optional.) What does Cambridge say about it? I need some sleep before commenting on your "phrasal

Hi, Maple. You're parsing this wrong. It's waited on as a unit -- past participle of an inseparable phrasal verb to wait on meaning served . I love others to give me all the things I need. I love others to run and fetch things for

Bokeh wrote: Hi Hoa Thai, That ambiguity is pretty minor and it all depends on context. For example if the employee were explaining status to one of company B's employees there certainly would not be any confussion. To make the sentence clearer