Hi, Avangi Thanks for taking pains to explain the phrase, I appreciate your efforts. Have you checked out any of the collected examples of great writing? (I'm afraid I haven't yet honed my skills at using them, in spite of

Sorry, Pernickety. I didn't tie that up very well! The metaphor obviously alludes to the artist's brush. I should think it would be used figuratively to favorably describe the work of other creators, such as God's work in laying out a

*the slept man *a belonged wallet *a left guest *the gone people *the arrived women *a disappeared rabbit *a died geranium Hi CJ, I get our point. I have no argument about intransitive participles not being able to

Good evening, Mister Micawber, the pressure of other work has deterred me from replying to this message of yours as promptly as possible, so I intend to do it in the present post in order to shed light on some important questions.

Why is this sentence correct and why dont we use an article here before trainer? I am applying for the position of trainer.

I found this amazingly perplexing.. I hope I've done nothing to disuade you from being adamant. I haven't had the advantage of your formal training in grammar, and when I think these things through in terms of what I know to be accepted

a distinction can be made between sit and sit down , and according to Webster's disciples the same is true about English too: I know that speakers of English often use the English language indiscriminately giving little heed to

Hi, The way your composition is written, I will only say that the tone is very “stiff” and the flow is rough. Aslo some adverbial modifiers are awkwardly used, in my opinion. I.e. “so”, “so that”, “as”, etc…. So I made a few revisions to take

instruction. >>I don't have any >> formal ESL training or certification, but >>I do tutor some >>foreign >> students in ... on. to >>> ESL lessons run by competent teachers (and that's a big

I've spent most of my life in the education industry in the UK 'Education industry' is a troubled term, in English usage. from its particular ideological standpoint, the teaching of children and young adults is much the same as the