Hello, everybody! I'm a student of English who needs your help with some idioms in order to analyse them for my graduation paper. The topic of my research is synonymy among idiomatic expressions. For the purpose of this research I have

Hi All, I'm writing a business offer in English, but I'm not a native English speaker, so I've faced a number of trubles. I would like the following things to be corrected if there are any mistakes: 1. Articles (in russian

1) Not a day has gone by when I have not thought of you. 2) Not a day has gone by that I have not thought of you. Which one is grammatically correct? 3) I will support you , no matter what. what is the synonym of phrase "

Hello. I'm Marta, come from Poland. I'm working on a text in English and have encountered a few problems. These are mostly of a rather subtle nature but for several reasons it's important for me that the whole text sounds as

Anonymous, I believe you are the one whose opinion is wrong. Of course "ones" can be used as a plural. How else would you say, "which ones do you want?" My dictionary gives "unit" as a synonym of "one" --

What do you call a person who pushes people around? I think bossy is the word. Any other adjectives? Hi New2grammar Here's a list of synonyms. bossy (adj) Synonyms :

Can I replace 'reiterated' with 'repeated' without change of meaning? According to the dictionary these two words are synonyms but in actual use I don't really think they are. Reiterate is more emphatic than repeat . Therefore

Hi New2grammar · noun : a close and affectionate (and often prolonged) embrace · verb : move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position ( Example: "We cuddled against each other to keep warm" ) · verb : hold (a

I mostly agree with your first grammar book. To my ear all should be omitted. Only #4 sounds acceptable to me both ways, and #5 is a maybe. I think #9 is a fixed idiom "to make do." I looked for synonyms which would definitely

As a native English speaker (well perhaps not entirely native, I was born in Russia and immigrated to the U.S. at the tender age of 7) I would have to say that apart from the obviously difficult aspects of the English language such as tenses, an