In Prepositions^x, Jokes^x

Hi,Why do you think it should be passive? Only transitive verbs (i.e. those that need to be followed by direct objects, without any preposition) have passive forms, and "happen" is intransitive.To put it simply (and only as a rough guideline): Write => transitive verb: ...

A Little Help with Capitals This handout lists some guidelines for capitalization. If you have a question about whether a specific word should be capitalized that doesn't fit under one of these rules, try checking a dictionary to see if the word is capitalized there. Use capital letters in...

Hello again, I would say too that it is a tricky question for non-professionals like us Kooyeen.Thank you again for giving your explanation.By the way,I've read a good joke about this "Where are you going to".Maybe its an old joke,but I've read it only recently,so here it is : A: Where're you...

All of these are just fine. Don't worry about prepositions at the end. This is the sort of bucket you can put garbage in. Who did you borrow the money from? Is she somebody you'd like to go to a concert with? I wonder how many people I'm going to write Christmas cards to this year. I...

Anonymous wrote:What is the correct option, please? - My travel to a foreign country (or) my trip to a foreign country? "trip" - People are very handsome (or) people are very nice? The first says they are good-looking; the second says they are pleasant by nature. Which do you want to...

He was making a joke about the 'rule' that prepositions should not be at the end of the sentence. The only natural way to say this is 'This is the kind of impertinence I shall not put up with'. He was showing how ridiculous it sounded if you re-arranged it to avoid getting the prep at the end.

Hi guys,I found these jokes on the net and I liked 'em, hope you like 'em too, enjoy A guy’s walking past an asylum, and can hear all the inmates inside screaming at the top of their lungs, “Thirteen! Thirteen! Thirteen!!!”. He peeks through a hole in the fence to see what all the commotion...

Hello, Actually I've spent some time learning te English grammar but it seems i hit the dead end. Nobody was able to explain to me when i should use prepositions like TO, AT, IN, INTO, ON, BETWEEN, UNDER, IN FRONT etc. What's the difference between these two? say i want to ask you to see my new...

Hello, I've made some corrections in bold and the highlighted areas are other problems that I've left you to work out for yourself. Your main problems are with prepositions and articles. You are missing out lots of these. You also have a lot of problems with punctuation and are just putting lots...

Let me start by saying that english is not my first language. Anyway, I was reading this joke the other day: ********* A girl from Georgia and a girl from the west coast were seated side by side on an airplane. The girl from Georgia, being friendly and all, said, "So, where ya...