Pleasehelp: Many usage experts explain that "public" takes a singular verb in American English; a plural verb in British English. You will also notice this with other words, such as "government."

Hi pleasehelp In your sentence, "have been" is what is known as a perfect infinitive . There are some other threads here that discuss perfect infinitives. Here are a few of them:

Are both sentence different mean? The United Kingdom Prime MInister Gordon brown is to consider addition troops in Afghanistan. United Kingdom Prime MInister Gordon brown considers addition troops in Afghanistan.

I still have trouble with this kind of construction s , You cannot have would had . Impossible. The only form of have which can directly follow a modal verb is have , never has, had, or having . These are the correct combinations: can have,

If so, I mean if it is a phrasal verb, then, shouldn't it be expressed like this: "Made in Japan, Sold on in Britain"? No. Have you looked up "sold on"?

If so, I mean if it is a phrasal verb, then, shouldn't it be expressed like this: "Made in Japan, Sold on in Britain"?

I'm waiting for your explanations on the use of "on" with "Britain" after "sold". It's a play on words. It's about how people who were born in Japan ("made" in Japan) live and work happily in

When it comes to preposition, I always feel uncomfortable. By reading sentences with ' in or on or of ', I intuitively guess the meaning of sentence. (although, sometimes there are phrasal verbs which have totally different

"They told me I should come down to cousin, but a flatly refused, I ain't dumb down nothing." from the song by American rapper. Why is double negation used here? Just to be closer to the lower level of society? And in what meaning is

Thank you. You wrote/corrected (with your comment): 2. This seminar could prove beneficial to those who haven't attended a school in the past. -- In the right context you could say this but as a standalone sentence the article