Sometimes it helps to convert a question to a declarative sentence, as you try to figure out the tense of the verb. Ask yourself what the subject of the clause is. Are there more than one? Is the subject singular or plural? The tree is what

I wrote an essay about "Neighbors" by Raymond Carver. I tried my best, but I feel I need help to make correction of grammar mistakes and word choosing mistakes. I don't know whether you know about the story, "Neighbors" by

I need to pick out the modifiers in each of these sentences. They can either be appostive, resumptive, summative or free. Im having trouble recognizing them and explaining the differences. Lately I've spent more hours of each week with

Hello all, Here are my two bits. Holland is not quite a nickname. Industry and, especially, a brewer of beer in green bottles have long been promoting the misnomer "Holland" because it saves some time and ink. They even use it as an

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(1)A brown-colored rat can change its shape as easily as a piece of rubber. (2) Planning to visit Sweden, Shanna decided to study the native language. (3) Like a good drawing that has a minimal number of lines, a good paragraph should have

Please help me with a few sentencess- I can make them shorter or change a word to sound more proffesional, I can put 2 sentencess into one using linking words: 1. The kind of rat that is brown in colour is as supple in its ability to change its

I don't argue with MrM. However, it is often done. One must be careful to have a complete clause following 'because'. Because of all you have done for me, I am offering this little bouquet of flowers. = I am offering this little

Hi, My dictionary says this. Till is an accepted variant of until , and may be used interchangeably with it except at the beginning of a sentence . I'd add that it's more common in spoken English. It can sometimes

This sentence reminded me of an interesting discussion I had on relative clauses with quantifiers versus absolute phrases. With this in mind, which do you prefer? As you will know, semicolons are used in two instances, one of which is