Good evening, Chris, these are thought-provoking questions you have asked, and here is my opinion backed up by data from authoritative sources. 1. The possibility of tell filling the slot of talk in the example sentence seems questionable at

When you ask a question in English, normally you put the question up front, not at the end in a preposition. Say something like, "Why are visas more expensive here?" Also, "So" at the beginning is not all that good idea. At the

1. The question has been answered a few times already , but has not been answered. Okay to omit the subject in the sentences like the above (omitting the subject in the second clause), right? A comma before but is necessary even when the

Hi. I could be mistaken but I think I have heard people say that short adverbial phrases when they come in front of a clause or are located somewhere appropriate within a sentence, a comma could, might as well, not be used. I think the example

Jaleel.nt, in the first instance, we deal with a phenomenon that is conventionally known as a passive gerund ; the whole clause with being... can be substituted with a noun phrase, eg, ...this award . Therefore, we refer to being... as a nominal

Could the reason for placing a comma before the part underlined be correct if it were that we could think the part underlined is modifying (?) the word "rails" instead of what it should modify, which is the word "vehicle"?-- No; that modification

Hi. Let us consider the following sentence. I think the sentence will not make sense even with a Xed-out word in terms of what it could be referring to. XXX is a specially made vehicle with long and hard rails, often used on farms . I

No commas there. 'Through' may be OK if all the monuments are buildings that the tour enters; 'past' may be used if the monuments are merely viewed from outside or are not buildings. I think that ' to ' would be the most useful preposition: it

Hi, 1. Does the underlined past perfect use indicate the action for the underlined part, that is hearing their news, occuring before his walking to work. No. I think the use of the word "as" in the subordinate clause (I think it is

Hi. Please help me with these. 1. Does the underlined past perfect use indicate the action for the underlined part, that is hearing their news, occuring before his walking to work. I think the use of the word "as" in the