In TOEFL^x, Clauses^x

.1) An increasing number of office workers use computer as daily rountine What do you think about the structure of the sentence?-- I cannot judge. You have made several typing mistakes, I think, and have not indicated the answer options.2)People who live in small towns tend to be more warm and...

Hi, I agree with you that because 'it is not until ...' represents a time-span, while 'when' is used to denote a point in time, they do not agree well.However, if 'until ABC' is used as a time marker (i.e., ABC), would the following sentence be all right or we must rewrite it?He remained a...

My try: . The westerm part of Oregon generally receives more rain than does the eastern part. The westerm part of Oregon generally receives more rain than the eastern part does. Both are true?? no. We can invert the auxiliary verb? no --- First sentence is correct. 2 question. I...

I was helping a friend with her TOEFL exercises, and there are a few sentences I wasn't able to do. Please help me identify:1. The subordinate clause2. The type of subordinate clause (noun, adjective, adverb)3. The function of the subordinate clauseI'll include my thoughts on each sentence as...

Hello Everyone! I took the following tests on TestMagic. Though TestMagic provided very good explanations for their tests but I had problem with the following samples, the explanations were very simple. I was wondering if someone could better explain it for me... 8. Uranium, ______ , is an...

They have different meanings: He looked tired after the meeting = his appearance seemed tired; his face was sagging, his eyes reddened, etc. He looked tiredly at the length of the queue. = He gazed in a tired manner; as if he were tired ...the art world of the 1920’s looked hopeful to the...

Rishonly wrote: A TOEFL book says "In a clause of indirect question, avoid using do,does, or did after the question word". For example, I didn't understand what did he say. -- (Wrong) I didn't understand what he said. (Correct) Does the rule imply that the word--do/does/did--shouldn't be...

A TOEFL book says "In a clause of indirect question, avoid using do,does, or did after the question word". For example, I didn't understand what did he say. -- (Wrong) I didn't understand what he said. (Correct) Does the rule imply that the word--do/does/did--shouldn't be used immediately...

Hello people I don't like to talk much about the subjunctive stuffs because it sounds difficult to find agreement between 'prescriptivists' and 'descriptivists'. (But I would like to say that, if I were a young ESL student, I certainly would choose prescriptivists as my English teachers because,...