Hello! Can I ask for help please? I have certain doubts about the sentence my teacher said to be correct. He said the following: "The recent ten years are seeing a big rise in small businesses" Is it really correct? I mean

Hi, First, have you looked up 'etiquette' in your dictionary? Can you try to tell us what the word means? Best wishes, Clive

May i I have a sentence ... ? Surely you're joking. Write your own sentences, and we'll check them. CJ

Hi all, In a letter by Katherine Mansfield I come across the following passage: 'When you came to tea this afternoon you took a brioche broke it in half & padded the inside doughy bit with two fingers'. Could you tell me

1. calls into = placed calls with (no answer yet) 4. too much sentence! 5. ok

These sentences I got from a movie on acting and I thought they sound off, some at least and I don't get all the vocabulary, some phrases. Would you be so kind as to help me with them? 1 I don't need you. I've got calls into other

The following sentence will be the first sentence in my cover letter, for post, for my job application. I have applied online. However, I would like to send you my CV, via post as well, to demonstrate my genuine interest in the xx vacancy. is my

From Paper 1 (Reading) of the CPE (Certificate of Proficiency in English) of the University of Cambridge , Part 1 . In this part candidates are asked to read three extracts and to answer a total of 18 questions, six per extract. Here are some

I don't know what you mean by 'ebb and flow', but using the word 'static' and 'opaque' to describe your efforts suggests that you are enamoured of the passive voice and the polysyllabic. Use active voice; use simpler and clearer vocabulary. Let

which could convey the meaning of the phrase? I think the ones you mentioned already would convey the meaning well. Miming or giving examples in sentences would both serve the purpose. Being let down and being disappointed are essentially the