On the whole, this is very well written. I can polish the grammar for you, if you wish. However, it is difficult to say what might sway the examiner in her favor. The crossed-out words are my deletions of the original text and the color bar words

Hi Jane, I haven't been helping English language students for as long as many of the veteran forum people, but I can try to answer your research questions. 1. My first criterion has to be that I believe I can answer the question in a helpful

I'm a native American speaker, and many people would find that saying quite odd. There is a saying that is similar though. Here's how I would say it. 1. I passed my driving test because I prepared all too well. Luck has nothing to do

I'm guilty of one of these... NYT By JACK ROSENTHAL Published: September 25, 2009 For the prospective college class of 2015, the next three weeks loom large. High-school juniors across the country, facing their first Preliminary SAT exams, are

Adrenochrome, but what about the fact that tastes differs? You might like something that another person would hate, and vice versa… For instance, I like reading Steinbeck’s novels and I enjoy reading ‘The Grapes of Wrath’ or ‘The Winter of our

I can only answer from the viewpoint of American English. pupil is not used much anymore, no. My grandfather may have used that term, but I don't. We almost always say student instead. ______ The word should be spelled indefinite , not

I took these words from Practical English Usage: reactions: It’s surprising that she should… Should is also used in subordinate clauses after words expressing personal judgements and reactions, especially to facts which are already known

I'm a British English speaker. There may be differences here between British and American usage. "I have to " is fine. "I've got to " is also OK, but is more informal (the contraction "I've"

Hi, I am interested in knowing the usage of "crib sheet" from an American native speaker's standpoint. A British person described it as "A crib sheet is a piece of paper the a student smuggles in to an exam with his

Where I live, all the students are taught what my book advises. However, let's agree to disagree.    As for Longman Dictionary, besides the example you cited, I've found another example that is different from other dictionaries. The word