I always find it nice if you know the origins of words: ORIGIN late 15th cent.: as a noun from Old French  attribut , and as a verb from Latin  attribut-  ‘allotted,’ both from the verb  attribuere , from  ad - ‘to’ +  tribuere  ‘assign.’ Sample

Dear Sir, When I was school, my english teachers never told me what was the suitable tense for the meeting minutes.Even now, I am still confused, stop and try to decide whether to use the present or the past tense for example, things like

Hello Anon, It's not a sentence, but looks more like a "bullet" format, since it's just a noun phrase, with no predicate. Supply and installation of new vinyl flooring as per the sample approved by the client

Hi, But the first version is a sample sentence in our textbook, so I'd like to make sure if it's really not very natural. As I said, it doesn't sound very natural. I didn't say it was wrong. The noun 'splash' here

I have a question for any English experts out there. Actually, I have two questions. They are both sample questions from the SAT writing sections. The underlined portion of the following sentence is in need of correction: Trees are able to

Hi Taka In your sentences, I think the use of the simple pronouns 'he' and 'she' plays a role, too. Perhaps you could say that they're often just "not important enough" to qualify for inversion. For example, I have no

Hi, I need to use the adjective of a noun ‘tissue’. Could anyone tell me which one is right or more popular in American English? “Tissue’ or “tissular’? I believe is the ‘tissue’ but I am quite not sure about it. In what context? We speak of

Angliholic wrote: Hoa Thai wrote: Angliholic wrote: I ate many more of the cookies than you did. I ate more of the cookies than you did. Do both of the above sound right and mean about the same to you? Thanks. Hi, I don't

Grammar Geek wrote: We must obey laws. We consider that to be our duty. We must obey laws. We consider that that is our duty. We must obey laws. We consider that it is our duty to do so. Thanks, GG and Marius. Now I seem to find

Thanks. But "buses" follows the verb infinitive "be" : There is/are going to be more buses on this line. In this sample sentence, "be" remains infinitive regardless the number of the noun that follows. Did you mean that because "buses" is