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Hello, I'm a foreigner studying english and I have some question about the use of preposition.I saw the name of one book (if memory serve me right, it's cambridge press's book) and I don't understand its structure so I need some advice.The name is "In at the deep". It's very short, isn't it ?But...

MrPedantic wrote: Milky wrote: The use of "up" in such expressions commonly expresses perfectivity (i.e. completion, totality.). Interesting. How does that work with "open up"? MrP I suppose that would depend on what the speaker means by "open up". Some commentators have noticed that...

Apparently no one in particular. I quote from the Wikipedia article: It is speculated that the rule against split infinitives developed around the beginning of the English Renaissance, as English grammarians, trained to look to Ancient Greek and Latin as ideal languages, took a closer look at...

It's no surprise that the use of "up" as the second component of phrasal verbs seems chaotic. There are something like 30 to 40 different kinds of verbal concepts that take "up" as a complementary particle. I've never attempted to classify them all, but here are some examples. Note how some...

Hello again, Lupa Thank you for posting again. Now I understand what you have been asked to do. It seems I was looking for something more complicated, or something "tricky" behind that question! Anyway, I don't think you will find all three combinations in those two sentences. Let's see what...

Hello again, Lupa Sorry I couldn't come back online earlier. I found out later that the problem was my phone line, not my poor server. It seems to have been fixed now. Going back to your question, I'm not sure what your teacher was referring to when they asked about "verb + participle" and...

1. "I`d like some informations about your courses." "Certainly, here`s our brochure." Correction: some information Explanation in in simple terms: information is an uncountable noun. It can't be used in the plural form. ____________________________________________ 2. “Have you got any...