You know, there is a certain entertainment value in reading the word choices of non English speakers, because even if the meaning is clear, sometimes the world choices are something that no native speaker would use. Conclusive is an adjective (I

It is good conversational English. Some people would prefer "Tomorrow is a holiday because of / owing to Christmas." If you wish to use "due" (an adjective), some people would ask that you say, "Tomorrow's BEING a

Both answers are ok in conversational English. Purists want you to reserve "like" for its uses as an adjective and adverb (or, for many speakers today, a preposition). One should use the conjunction "as if." In fact, purists

As a language arts minor I would have to say that these are words that are singular and plural at the same time. With these types of words the adjective determines if it is plural or singular. For example I have A fish OR I have SEVEN fish. I have

Every single one of this is incorrect. There is no gray area with this issue. There is always ONLY one option for choosing me, myself, or I. Never are any of these words interchangeable. A, B, C, and G should all use "me" because

I don't know how anyone can seriously use New Concept as a basis for teaching English. To my mind it has two possible uses: (i) to prop up a wobbly table; (ii) fuel for a bonfire. I also don't know what your qualifications are

a) Is "has" grammatically correct in the first sentence? Should not it be "had"?-- We would normally expect 'had' in this reported speech, but this is newspaper English producing the 'historical present' to create immediacy for the reader. b)

) An adjective is a part of speech that modifies a noun or a pronoun. -- OK ) The exam was adjourned since the the professor was ill. ) The government has adjudged that the country's economy is experiencing hard times so the tax rates will be

Hello, Could you please examine the following unrelated sentences for grammar errors? I suspect that there are some. ) An adjective is a part of speech that modifies a noun or a pronoun. ) The exam was adjourned since the the professor was ill. )

But often, using a noun as an adjective is idiomatic. For example, we say the church tower, castle walls , a pirate ship , star wars , monkey business , monkey shines, monkey wrench , etc. English is flexible about using words as different parts