By Vocabulary, Whom

When you see (name of my friend), you’ll think of him as the antisocial kid. You’ll usually see him at the school with no companions at all as if he has no social life. But in reality, he doesn’t like going with friends at all. He always thinks that going with them might just boost up his...

Hello, another English teacher here. I have been teaching English in China for about 2 and a half years now and also speak fluent French, decent Spanish and am learning Chinese (not as hard as you may think once you get the hang of those tones, easy grammar). Now I'll start off by saying that...

Hi All, I wrote the attached recommendation letter and I need someone to review it, since I am italian and I'm not english mother tongue. The letter is preatty long, but I hope it is quite well written. Thank you very much for your help. Best...

Er, uh... yes, technically. But since the use of "whom" is really making a fast exit from U.S. vocabulary, it could end up looking a little stilted. Can you avoid the situation by recasting the sentence so that "who" is used as the subject, something like "from all those who depend on you for...

Hello ladies and gentlemen,I am completely new to this forum (as you may have already noticed), so please be understanding if I'm posting in the wrong category.But first, let me introduce myself. My real name is Jacek (my English friends simply call me Jack, although that's quite misleading) and...

Hi everyone! I'm currently working on my personal statement for CTM course in UK. Could somene check it please advice on grammar, vocabulary and content. I know it is very like an autobiographical note but I think it gives a true overview of why I decidet to study and also it contains...

Mjcbrown wrote:Unlike as in Germany, regional accents have been retained by the working classes and now are still distinctive of the working class and as such bear a "working class" stigma.Presumably this means "retained only by the working classes", otherwise it could be interpreted as...

Grammar Geek wrote: So "to lay by" is a phrasal verb meaning "to store away"? New vocabulary for me! But anyway, when you have a phrasal verb like that (or like "look up" (as a word in a dictionary) or "write down") - do the prepositions act like normal prepositions, or because they are...

Richard Side and Guy Wellman in Grammar and Vocabulary for CAE and CPE. There is a task which requires you to use one of the relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, that, which. They marked 'that' as the only alternative to fill the gap in the sentence in question. Inchoate

hey, well il show you some of the stuff i have but it is all over the place i haven't edited it yet, but there's so much i want to write and so little time to do it in, but i would really like some guidance please. I have also read Browning's poem, but have yet to really talk on the...