Hello. I had to write the plot summary of the story, "Necklace" by Gui De Maupassany within 200 to 300 words, but my plot summary exceeded 300 words. I do not know which words to omit. Also, I am not satisfied with my usage of

i I wish there were five hundred days of summer . Fine as corrected. CJ

In "I saw her lying on / in the grass," vs. "I saw her lying down on / in the grass," down is taken by the native ear to describe the relation between I and her , not between her and the grass . (Of course " down "

Tank - looks like the usage here is as "container." Male bonding - this became a buzzword maybe in the 80s to describe the bond of affection that forms between men when they are doing manly things - friends on a hunting trip, a dad and

Please generously check my usage of "meanwhile" and "meantime" in the below sentences; thanks in advance. 1-All right. In the meanwhile, I would think about where to go on tomorrow. 2-I am going to Australia on

. The old Fowler has a long entry on these, but I don't think that anyone pays any attention any more to the difference; I certainly don't-- I don't stop for an instant to consider which I 'should' use. Here's what the

Hello everyone, Here I'd like to ask about the following sentence using "so that" (which is by the way a troublesome conjunction for me).The sentence is given in Swan's grammar and I don't understand why " will be "

This year's Summer Doldrums Comp (the eighth) will Totally Officially Commence in about two hours' time, with the first five questions. From snip All previous SDCs are available online at http://alt-usage-english.org/sdc2005/index.html;

This year's Summer Doldrums Comp (the eighth) will Totally Officially Commence in about two hours' time, with the first five questions. From tomorrow on, the questions will appear in two bunches of five each day until the supply is

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