Hi, Pernickety. I hate beating dead horses, but a revisit to this clause tells me I didn't explain myself. The problem is the nature of the verb "to prepare." In your example, it describes what may well be a long

Sentences like yours occur frequently in spoken English when people start saying something without having thought out every detail in advance. Normally, in written language anyway, the subject comes first: The tests are a good challenge, pushing

Hi ! Can you help me? My students had to answer the following question "What did you buy in the shops for yourself and your friends? Most of my students started like this: For myself I bought XX and for my friends I bought XX. I

Hello, I need to ask you two questions: 1) Students were asked to answer a questionnaire: the question said "What was the activity that you did on holiday?Some answered: "The best activity I did was surf". Is it correct? or

Debpriya De, I respect you as a student of philosophy most probably implies that the speaker reveres another person only when it concerns that person's learning abilities, so that so sentence is further extendable to I respect you as a

I respect you as a student of philosophy. What is the meaning of this sentence ? Does it mean that I am a student of philosophy and I respect you or does it mean that you are a student of philosophy and I respect you ? Does the meaning

Hello! I'm writing a letter of motivation to our local office for international relations. So I have to convince them to accept me and to arrange an exchange with an American university. This is a very raw version but I would appreciate it if

it's basically very good, I made a couple suggestions: Dear Mr. Gray, This is a letter from xxxxxx, I am a student who attends the Behavioral Intervention Center that you manage. I am writing to address a recent incident I was

Hi, Could you tell me if the following two sentences I just composed sound fine to a native speaker's ear? 1. I passed my driving test because I prepared all too well. Luck doesn't enter into it . 2. They are always asking me how

I apologize for the double post but here is the final product. I am writing a letter to apologize to my principal for arriving at school intoxicated, but oblivious. I need a grammer EXPERT to point out any wrongs in this letter please, I also want