Hi, evryone. I am trying to improve my english and I need some help. I have a few questions: 1. What is synonym for "account for X per cent"? How to say in other words this sentence: It accounts for 55 per cent. 2. This sentence is

Thank you for your quick reply! I have been looking for a better term for years... Would you say: Every so often you have to strike a/the balance of your life? OR to strike a/the balance sheet of your life? And would that mean to become aware of

Liat. If you insist the sentence is correct, can you please educate me which one of the following definitions meets the grammatical requirement of the sentence in question? For the benefit of a slight doubt, I will invite other's opinions.

Hi there, I decided to put this here in the linguistic section because it seems like a strange and very complicated subject to discuss. I am going to improve my vocabulary in a systematic way (finally!), using a technique I don't feel like

Again, I've heard "recommend" used in the US as a synonym for "urge/advise" ( I'd recommend him to get out of Dodge before sundown ), but whenever I hear something like that, I say to myself, "Hmmm, that guy's

Well, it's quite tricky, because in English most verbs can be used in both transitive and intransitive contexts. The verb surface can be both... An old report has been surfaced by the research team that went through the archives. (passive)

Hello! I don't know how to translate this sentence (in bold), from a poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, exactly (it's from his The Lotos-Eaters ): (...) Here are cool mosses deep , And through the moss the ivies creep, And in the stream the

Grammatically, it seems only correct to say "Let's discuss the issues", as "discuss" is transitive Hi, The confusing thing to me is that American Heritage lists four synonyms, argue, contend, debate, and dispute ; and every

Hurt is most common (My spine hurts, my leg hurts) Ache is OK too to describe a dull, throbbing, continuous kind of hurting (my head aches; my tooth aches, my muscles ache) Don't use "me" after ache. Pain is a very old fashioned

Hi Is it a rule that the auxiliary, the past participle and the main verb are immediately after one another with no other words inbetween? No, such a rule does not exist. For example: " Have you ever had the feeling that you're being