I think you may be asking for explicit, black and white answers, to questions which don't lend themselves to such answers. There seem to be two problems in that there are: *Differences between British and American usages. *Differences in

Hello all, Here are my two bits. Holland is not quite a nickname. Industry and, especially, a brewer of beer in green bottles have long been promoting the misnomer "Holland" because it saves some time and ink. They even use it as an

So, when talking about modelling hydrodynamics, we would use "a hydrodynamic model"? Yes. our answer has lead me to another question: is it "...indefinite articles which should...", or "...indefinite articles that

can someone help with rules for using 'the' please. when can i use it? This is too big a question to answer here (too big for me, anyway). Anything even approaching an adequate answer would take pages and pages, and even then

Courage arises when your honesty will not allow any other choice....Why is "will" used in the sentence ?? First, will not , more often won't , is used idiomatically to denote refusal. (This usage goes back to the original meaning

Hi, why do you need a comma for these questions for riddles I found in a book titled "101 American English Riddles" by Harry Collis? I feel the comma usage for this type of thing is discretionary without any firm rules to guide the use.

Hi, why do you need a comma for these questions for riddles I found in a book titled "101 American English Riddles" by Harry Collis? I feel the comma usage for this type of thing is discretionary without any firm rules to guide the use.

Hi, why do you need a comma for these questions for riddles I found in a book titled "101 American English Riddles" by Harry Collis? I feel the comma usage for this type of thing is discretionary without any firm rules to guide the use.

Hi, it's a little bit confusing to define restrictive & non-restrictive relative clauses. But here's a detailed explanation to show the main differences and the rules to apply for both of them Smile"