By Prepositions, Negations

Jackson6612 wrote:Need sometimes behaves like a modal, for example 'She need know', 'She needn't know', or, in more formal English, 'She need not know'. Examples: 1: You needn't worry 2: Buying budget-priced furniture needn't mean compromising on quality or style... 3: Loneliness can be...

Jupath wrote: Hello, 1., I had believed that in the case of question or negation "still" became "yet", then I came across the following sentence: "Langdom still had not got used to these moments of unexpected celebrity." (The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown) Is it correct? I mean, it is obviously...

Hello, 1., I had believed that in the case of question or negation "still" became "yet", then I came across the following sentence: "Langdom still had not got used to these moments of unexpected celebrity." (The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown) Is it correct? I mean, it is obviously...

go to bed, go to cinema, go to party, go to school You should notice that all these "bed""cinema""school" are nouns, and "go" is an intransitive verb. There's gotta be some preposition between them. That's why "to" appears here. go there "there" is an adverb used to modify the verb "go". There...

There are differences in accent, grammar and words. British accent needs no explanation if you've ever heard it. It is SO different from American. The main grammatical difference is Perfect Tenses. The Americans would say I just had a breakfast and Did you ever go to Spain. The British would...

Dear Mirium, I'm sorry for that breathless post. Are you any better now? Have you caught some Z's? You didn't misunderstand my question at all, this is what I need. I understand the meanings of this ambiguous sentence, and I was trying to analysize it from a grammatical point of view. I'm...

Pastel, I have a headache already! ~L~ Let's go step by step I agree with what you said about the first pair of sentences (me/I do). Your other example, "I don't like him as much as you" can certainly be ambiguous; the two interpretations you posted are possible. I agree with your analysis of...