By Word order, Universities

Green89 wrote:Please help me with these questions: Choose the best answer: 1.Once we build a house here,the ocean will be hidden from__ a.view b.sight What do you think? 2.___People from other cities are coming here to find work. a.large numbers of b.A large number of What do you...

From which university you did graduation? From which university you have done graduation? Anon, there are two problems here: 1) Word order - although you can use your tone of voice to make a question out of this, usually in a question, you invert the verb-subject. Did you graduate? 2) We...

Pemmican wrote:Wow, this was an interesting post, "english-test"! But let me make a few additions to your thoughts: >>When discussing cultural differences between nations I think we should always bear in mind a number of things: - people have much more in common than sets them apart...

Paco: I think at least in the case Japanse people, they need some to be taught some grammar overtly at early stages when they learn English. JTT: Paco, this is one of the major reasons that Japanese consistently score the lowest, or near to, in tests of English. This grammar translation system...

Hello Jacklong They believed that only then could Australia maintain its strength, independence and distinctive culture This is called "dramatic inversion" or "negative inversion". You can say "Australia could only then maintain its strength, independence and distinctive culture" as a normal...

By just briefly looking over it and not being much of an editor I found these: 1. "The TOEFL test is a test that measures the ability in English for both nonnative and native speakers who attend the university." -- You don't need "is a test that" because we know it's a test because you just...

I am writting my final work at university. the subject is: "Variation of word order in news reports or academic register. Can anybody indicate any websites related to it? thanks.

The following is copied from David Megginson Copyright © 1994, 1995 and 1996 by the University of Ottawa Adverb Clauses An adverb clause is a dependent clause which takes the place of an adverb in another clause or phrase. An adverb clause answers questions such as "when?", "where?", "why?",...

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Wow, this was an interesting post, "english-test"! But let me make a few additions to your thoughts: >>When discussing cultural differences between nations I think we should always bear in mind a number of things: - people have much more in common than sets them apart regardless of their...