Hi, Consider this sentences: Long one of the favorite characters of American folklore, Hiawatha is best known as the hero of Henry Wadworth Longfellow's narrative poem The Song of Hiawatha. How is the usage of

Consider this sentences: Long one of the favorite characters of American folklore, Hiawatha is best known as the hero of Henry Wadworth Longfellow's narrative poem The Song of Hiawatha. How is the usage of "long" correct here?

"Of Mice and Men" is the title of a book by John Steinbeck. The reference is to a saying which means that the most carefully prepared plans may go wrong. See http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/62050.html CJ

Snappy, I think I see your confusion. How about trying it this way: A: Who is Alun Lewis? B: He is a poet who wrote the love poem for his wife... You never heard of him? This 'a' identifies him as a peot in general. The "who"

I found this on a website: "Alun Lewis is a poet who wrote the love poem, Goodbye , for his wife, and other sensitive, accessible poems, many about his experience of war and separation." This usage of the indefinite article confuses me.

I wouldn't tie myself up in knots trying to interpret 400 year old poetry in terms of modern usage and grammar. Still, if you must, here's a site that attempts to translate Shakespeare (Hamlet in this case) into modern English.

Hi Ivan, It would just mean "the rain that was falling when you were talking." That makes it specific enough, I guess. As Clive says, sometimes we say things a certain way because it's idiomatic to. That is, we say it that

Two veteran members and one senior member have recommended quite rightly that you should use burst/ burst/ burst. For your information, however, one famous grammar book points out that native speakers throughout the years have used various forms

Hello, I would greatly appreciate if someone would help me by letting me know what the following poem means. Thank you. Such rare kindness rests in your security, yet boundless conflict whispers there. Foreign thoughts that

"Wood" as a countable is sometimes used as a synonym for "forest." Avangi: I have heard "wood" in very old texts, but today I think modern usage is always "woods", as in the Robert Frost poem, "Stopping