Hello, I would agree with you on 1 and 2, and I would not use an article for "Summer Festival" if it is the name of the festival.

It sounds odd to say "I had a little bit of scan." A more natural NA English sentence might be something like this: A quick scan of the newspaper showed me there weren't many job openings in my field. I think scan is used much more

#1 is a present unreal conditional. It might look wrong because cut is the the same in its base form and past form. The White House estimates that it could save about $94 billion over 10 years if it removED all the middlemen. (Use past time to

Hi, Some of my students want to have an informal reading group this summer. Do you have any ideas for books that might work well for this kind of group? I'm looking for something that is beyond basic English but without overly complex English

You're correct. The 'of' is missing. This is informal speech of the same type as "gotta." It reminds me of another missing "of" in "You betta get out my face" = leave me alone, stop bothering me. : )

To my North American ears "When do you get paid every month?" sounds natural. "When do you receive your salary every month?" doesn't work because salary is the fixed amount a person receives, usually the a yearly amount.

Hi Hkqq, Yes, it means during that decade. It is pronounced "sixties", as you would pronounce the plural form if it were a noun. (ability, abilities)

. / Let's buy you a Christmas gift./ Buy yourself a Christmas gift. BRS

Hi, Here's my suggestion. Success (subject) is measured (Verb) by how much you earn (Noun clause). This(Subject) is (verb) a sacred principle (object) in Hong Kong (prepositional phrase) that nobody dares challenge (adjective clause describing

Bumper harvest = a really big harvest, successful with lots of crops. Strains = types of rice. It could mean that they have different genetic characteristics. Salt tolerance = the ability for the rice to grow in soil/water that has more salt that