I am writing an article which I need to refer to "die in the line of duty". I don't want to repeat that pharase too much to make it so boring. Is there any other phrase for that ? I try to look up in dictionary but could not find any help. Is

Dear all, Which of the following sentences is correct in grammar ? Someone says this riddle tests your closeness to God. OR Someone says this riddle test your closeness to God. Thanks in advacne Cheers

Hi Grammar Geek, Thanks for the suggestion. I think "to call for" the lift sounds better than "to get". It also sounds more formal. IIs there any less formal way of expressing that idea ? Cheers

Scenario : A group of people leaving office. The building is a skyscrapper and may take a very long time to wait for a lift. So we usually get someone to ?"get" the lift so other people don't need to wait for so long. So we ask someone to "get"

Hi Clive, Thanks ! Best Wishes, David

Hi there, I hope the ones who are good at Examination especially essay type question can post you tricks. Do you practise writing the whole essays repeatedly and regularly when you study. Or do you just practise writing outlines for different

Hi all, I feel a bit loss (? best word) because to day I sat for my examination and did not do well. I have quite a number of facts to be quoted. Before the exam, I could recall many, today, under stress, I could only recall less than a quarter of

Hi Clive, Does the idiom (Get your knickers in a twist) mean one getting trouble/upset by oneself ? Can you illusrate this using an example please ? Thanks ! (Can I say "Thanks" in this way? I mean as writing in first person but using a singular

Thank you for all the good suggestions.

Positive reinforcement is a term referring to a learning phenonmenon in psychology. When a subject demonstrates desirable behaviour (stimulus), it is responded by something positive like a reward to the subject (positive response). It is observed