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

if there are any. I believe there are, and saw them mentioned in different posts on the forum although didn't pay attention to them. The grammar book I'm studying all lump them up into one catagory: helping verbs. But I'd like to know

Hmmm, interesting set of statements, and what strikes me is the use of the first person here. Survey organisations tend to have a small army of workers, designing the survey, choosing the sample, collecting, collating, and interpreting the data.

slang, vernacular vocabulary not generally acceptable in formal usage. It is notable for its liveliness, humor, emphasis, brevity, novelty, and exaggeration. Most slang is faddish and ephemeral, but some words are retained for long periods and

Hi, Supply and installation of new vinyl flooring as sample approved by the client. This is not a full sentence, eg it has no main verb. It's just an item from an estimate or invoice. The usual jargon is Supply and installation of new vinyl

Hi, Supply and installation of new vinyl flooring as sample approved by the client. This is not a full sentence, eg it has no main verb. It's just an item from an estimate or invoice. The usual jargon is Supply and installation of new vinyl

a quote from a previous post M-W's Dictionary of English Usage comments: " From as far back as 1881, there have been varying pronouncements as to which prepositions may be used with which objects after the verb  die .  Sometimes

However, in your sample sentence, you're given a clue. It says "...that Lewis Hamilton IS under..." 'Is' is a singular verb, which tells you that you need a singular subject, 'expectation'. This doesn't seem

This boils down to a case of subject/verb agreement. As a quick reminder, singular subjects require singular verbs, and plural subjects require plural verbs. Expectation is singular, expectations is plural. Whichever you choose needs to have the

. 1. (My husband Mark and I both do volunteer work) but (Ryan was only six years old) -- two independant clauses conected by the conj. but? -- Well, yes... BUT sample sentences should make some sense, Fernanda! There is no evident relationship