Hi Coloraday I wasn't completely sure about "liars", but it sounds like the word he was saying, and it seems like a good fit in the context. To me, the final sound seems to be a sort of mix of S and Z -- i.e. not clearly one or the

Hi This is what I hear 1. Might have been a failing of mine to tend to sort of talk down to him ‘cause I’d known him as a younger kid 2. And somewhere, it might be around … it’s in Liverpool somewhere that record, that’s the

i've got to do something or i've got a sore throat... these are examples of bad grammar slipping into american slang. Sorry, Anon, but the expression "have got to do something" (meaning "must do something") is quite

Hi, I never use or read 'on'. Say with / in reference to . . Clive

I would like someone to confirm my thoughts on the following sentence, to see if I am on the right track or am just in fantasy lala land, going off on a tangent: "Because Malcolm had never become a cutthroat CEO, he had few enemies." I

It's a good question. Initially, I thought it was still a comma splice, but now I'll have to consult my reference books or wait for a good reply.

WOULD YOU MIND PARAPHRASING THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES? Let the affection be what it will in appearance. If it induces us to approach them. If it makes us to dwell upon them. Such a catastrophe touches us in history as mush as in

Ooh, what's wrong, right clothes for inhibitions? / You couldn't afford the price of admission. Now the girl in this scene is wearing black body-fitting clothes. So is the guy telling her the clothes are not just for looking and she

'Living' does not mean 'accommodation'. Please re-think your question.

Hi, please read this post and post your draft of the letter so that we can help you with it.