By Pronouns, Expressions

Hello Hela, yes, it's nice to see you too! I'm not posting here much at the moment, because my pc is defective; but I hope to be re-kitted-out shortly... If I say that you're harping on about X, I mean that you are obsessively talking about X, in an irritating and excessive way....

Hi,I'm really enjoying this. You're making me think. I'm going to take your points out of sequence. I think I'm still replying to your post; if I misrepresent what you're saying, please correct me. First, the summary of what I'm going to say: A lot depends on theory, and...

1. Do not place a phrase or clause:A. in a sentence. B. at the beginning of a sentence. C. at the end of a sentence. D. too far from the word it is meant to modify.Answer D. 2. In every sentence, the subject must agree with the:A. object of the preposition. B. verb. C. intervening expressions....

it's my second draft. please give me any advice. i want it to be natural to read. expression,grammar(especially, pronoun is difficult), punctuation marks etc.. this is my first trial of english composition. ======================================================= ...

Technically, at doesn't refer to anything. at is not a referring expression. Generally, only nouns and pronouns can refer.Nevertheless, I understand what you're saying. Here at means 'upon hearing' or 'when I heard' or 'as I heard' or 'in reaction to' or...

Hello Kooyeen, First,thank you very much for your answer . In the meantime I've got the answer on part 1 of my post .It is a question of a preposition at the end of a question.I understand that if ,for example, I ask : Where are you going to? - "where" is a pronoun since it can be replaced with...

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Hi, everyone! Happy New Year! But I'm trying to be happy. I'm pulled into a debate over "the very English standard" in a Chinese translation forum. A "sensible" lad who crammed in China's New Oriental Language School asserts that many usages, including those in nytimes.com, economist.com,...

"The Change of the Characteristics in the passage from The Hours" The passage from the novel The Hours by Michael Cunningham is intriguing. The passage illustrates the difference between the character's characteristics in different time settings: past and present. This difference is...

Angliholic wrote: Avangi wrote: Me too! Maybe it's a gringo thing or a doctor thing - "risk factors" "How many of these are you at risk for?" I hear it a lot because I'm at risk for all of 'em. (Doctors are too busy to worry about grammar.) Hi, what do you mean by "a gringa thing?" ...