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Hi New2grammar Here's a list of synonyms. bossy (adj) Synonyms: domineering, officious, dominant, dictatorial, interfering, interventionist, overbearing, authoritarian, authoritative

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 the substitution you suggest would subtly alter the meaning. You would still be understood of course, but the altered statement would be...

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 person or thing) close, as for affection, comfort,...

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 require the "to" and only found one: #10 - ...

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 unorthodox phonetic system employed in the language...

Yankee, thanks for your help, but I am still not sure what is going on here. Should the commas be left out in the following two sentences? I consequently think that using correct grammar is important.I thus think that using correct grammar is important. "consequently" and "thus" are synonyms...

Hi, To make your speech effective, you need to practise what you preach-use simple words and "construct effective sentences and paragraphs". Highlighted some things for you to fix. I'm not going to pick on your grammar as much since this is a speech. My name is Umair and I’m goanna talk to...

Saska wrote:didn't know where to post this ... Can someone explain to me, the meaning of the words in Br. Eng and Am. En? state school = funded by the state elementary school = primary/junior school - ages 5-11 years secondary school = senior school - ages 11-16+ comprehensive...

This is my understanding, from AmE: state school: Usually refers to a public (state funded) University. I went to one, UCSB, and since I'm from California, I pay about 1/3 of the total cost (Sacramento pays the rest, along with some federal funding) elementary school: Grades K-5 or 6 (sometimes...

I think Communicative approach has a relation with other methods. When I began to learn English, my teacher used to explain vocabulary and grammar from a text, then we mimick her to read it. Before teaching, she had an introduction which was very interesting. She had a good accent of a speaker of...