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Please read my reply to CalifJim. Terminology varies. I know - at least I think I know - that in America the gerund is considered a noun. Europe views it differently; it is neither a noun nor a verb, it is a cross between them. All nouns can have an adjectival attribute, gerunds cannot:...

Dear friendsI am Milan from India.Being an Indian I am keen on knowing or learning or speaking ENGLISH.Because it(Spoken English) makes people smarter day by day.And this is also you can say LINGUA FRANK.So if you are not able to speak English,perhaps most of the people will ignore you.Hay...

You don't normally say: I say I don't like cats. You just say: I don't like cats.But supposing you did say such a thing,a) My general opinion is that I don't like cats. > Your opinion on cats is that you don't like them. b) I am hereby informing you, in case you...

After years of speaking English, it's not changed much. No matter how hard I try, I can't control my tongue. My English teacher in Korea once said it's nearly impossible to correct the accent once you become an adult, and I believe it now. Maybe I should give up and just stick with...

I am not sure if the following answers your question but I'll say it anyway. Some grammarians don't distinguish between verbal nouns (= complete nouns formed from verbs with the ing ending) and gerunds (= words that are neither verbs nor nouns but resemble both to some extent). Some...

ok..ello, my name fara.i'm from malaysia.actually i'm really interested to know bout english language.this is because, i'm not fluently in speaking english either in writing..sory.i'm try my best to read books,listening hits fm but nothing change.still cannot improve..so,plez lp...

to 418241 (13 Sep 07), it's actually octopuses. The word octopus is derived from greek, not latin, so in the correct greek, the plural would be 'octopodes', But we're speaking english, so that turns into 'octopuses'.

Just so that I'm clear, are you advising the folks who come here to learn English that they should say "Oh, the stars up through the sky sure look lovely tonight." or perhaps "Now that the rain has cleared, we can see the stars through the sky"? That's what you're...

There are some differences in vocabulary and idiom across the British Isles, and you might encounter some regional words and expressions that you're not familiar with. But the core vocabulary and grammar are not hugely different, and you might find that a bigger problem is pronunciation. If...

I believe the Brits were speaking English long before others - so I fail to see how they could 'add in random syllables'