By Whom, Idioms

> First question, Is 'Rumor has it' an idiom, therefore "Rumors have it" is incorrect?Yes.>I find "the three children that his brother and his ex share." confusing.Perfectly clear to me. Because he's going to marry the woman who was the wife of his own...

it that Mike is going to marry his brother's ex-wife and fight for custody of the three children that his brother and his ex share. First question, Is 'Rumor has it' an idiom, therefore "Rumors have it" is incorrect? I find "the three children that his brother and...

hi,today i wrote a letter (to an old aquaintance, whom i don't know very good), in which i wanted to describe a situation, where someone laughed VERY intensely - and because my english is kinda bad, i googled for a funny idiom. i found & used 'he laughed his ass off', which...

hi,today i wrote a letter (to an old aquaintance, whom i don't know very good), in which i wanted to describe a situation, where someone laughed VERY intensely - and because my english is kinda bad, i googled for a funny idiom. i found & used 'he laughed his ass off', which was...

New2grammar wrote: What's the difference between 'out of reach of' and 'out of reach for'? For example, Keep all sharp object out of reach of children. The average rent for a one-bedroom apartment is out of reach for minimum wage earners. Thanks in advance! Hi N2g, (just gessing) The...

-First I want to describe the situation (who is speaking to whom, that the Duke is looking for a new wife, that he killed his last one) -than I want mention that we don't just read this in our text but have to read it between the lines. -I would say that we have to read between the lines...

Thank you again Jim.Yes, "whom" should be avoided in normal conversation...It's strange, GG said that "For who?" sounded more natural to her than "Who for?", but you would prefer "Who for?"...Now I really don't know what to say!Should I use both forms alternatively? With "what", it sounds better...

Milky wrote: <I would be interested to see quotations from the early English grammarians that presented spoken English as somehow inferior, or that demonstrated an imposition of inappropriate rules from Latin. > Do you doubt that was the case? "Doubt" is too strong a word. I would be...

CalifJim wrote:It's an idiom, that is, a fixed formula of words. Idioms cannot be changed without seeming wrong to native speakers. Consider for example the idiom kicked the bucket, which means died. Even though another word for bucket is pail, we can't change this to kicked the pail without...

It's an idiom, that is, a fixed formula of words. Idioms cannot be changed without seeming wrong to native speakers. Consider for example the idiom kicked the bucket, which means died. Even though another word for bucket is pail, we can't change this to kicked the pail without seeming...