By Proper Grammar, Grammar

. You can say this with the same meaning and proper grammar:The campaign will be held between 22 December and 25 December 2008.Why do we use "will be " instead of "is held"?- Because December 2008 is in the future.

I think that formulating stronger arguements is more important than proper grammar at this stage. http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com/ ... This film may make you angry and upset. If you've ever wished to free your mind from the confines of accepted "reality" then I'd definately...

See, this the weird thing. While that last sentence doesn't sound right, this one does:Are these the pens you're looking for? Thanks, but no, those aren't the ones I'm looking for.

I am curious if it is proper grammar when referring to two individuals having possession of something to put apostrophies on each or just the second..or is there a more grammatically correct to express the same.See example below. Given the benefits of discipline with dignity as well as...

Dear Loretta: Thank-you for your letter. It is always interesting to hear from someone with a similar background or interest. Let me answer some of your questions for you. I want to share with you what I have learned over the years in this business. I hope I can be blunt? 1) You...

I'm a native English (American) speaker, and I have heard that English is easy to learn at a basic level. However, becoming fluent or speaking like a native speaker is difficult because, frankly, the language makes little sense even to those of us for whom it's a first language. Luckily...

Buy a proper grammar book, say Murphy or Azar. Those are very contrived sentences. Try instead:It appears she was talking to meI have a lot of letters to write

...while I mentioned "spoken English" in my post. No problem. You are a writer, so "good writing" is the first thing you think of, of course.

How in heaven's name can you seperate good style from proper grammar and idiomatic English? Both (parellel) forms are grammatical. Your second example would leave me scratching my head on a first read -- am I not supposed to be interested in cultural things? And then I go back and figure...

My grammar book explains that "Proper adjectives are formed from proper nouns."I am confused by the example it gives:California vegetables (from the noun "California")It says that California is the proper noun, and I understand that. That would make "vegetables" the...