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Hi all!I've been giving English conversation lessons to a theology professor for about a year now. He's getting on in the years - a couple years from retirement - and his primary goal has been just to get his spoken English going a little stronger. His mother tongue is French but he's...

Just to clarify about the indefinite article: it's OK to say "stores and restaurants see sharp decline in sales" without the article when using the present tense; in fact it has the ring of a newspaper headline. On the other hand when using the gerund not using the article in this...

Hi, It depends on the context, but I think that in most cases you'd use #1. Your grammar is also a little awkward. The definite article suggests that you are talking about a specific policeman. The present tense suggests that you are describing his habits/routine. That all seems like...

Yesterday, I was joint in a interview in s-fone corp. It is difficult to pass this exam because it very hard. This exam include two parts : IQ part and English part. In IQ part , I did quite well , but English part I don’t understand any sentence . I am studying lines-lines Books,...

WANG CHUN wrote: 1. Ancient and modern human beings use their great intelligence to invent machines that help people lead a comfortable and convenient life. My problem with this sentence is that it is not possible for ancient human beings to do anything any more, so using the present tense...

Julielai wrote: Hi Rame2000sat, These are just my two cents. Feel free to toss them. I'd summarize the story in present tense, if I were you. Cheers. The Answer Is No Naguib Mahfouz Naguib Mahfouz made the...

Hi Rame2000sat, These are just my two cents. Feel free to toss them. I'd summarize the story in present tense, if I were you. Cheers. The Answer Is No Naguib Mahfouz Naguib Mahfouz made the reader understand...

Scenario: I'm talking about a movie. 1. The movie talks about firefighers and this guy in this movie is stuck inside this building with a fire. The floor collapsed and he fell down there and now he is down there and his whole life flashes back at him. Showing how his past life was, his best...

After viewing a lot of articles, I found an English concept that we do use in everyday life. I am not sure for what I found is correct and I hope somebody could validate the concept for me. I found out that whenever you try to explain the current fact, present tense can always be used. Following...

Deepa, I totally agree with you! As examples always enlighten a lot, I'll give you some impressions of my mother tongue German: I have to say that English in many cases is simpler than my native language. You mentioned e.g. the gender of a noun which is usually expressed by the article. In...