Delayed thanks for Philip and CB! I searched online before posting the question and found that English users don't seem to limit "one...the other" to speaking of two items only. What's more confusing, "one...another" is often used when the

When we stack things to form a tower, do we stack one on top of the other or one on top of another ? Is it possible that when we stack one thing on top of the other, the tower has only two layers? Help appreciated in advance.

Delayed thanks for Teo, Marius, and Grammar Geek. After viewing your discussion, I think I get the picture now.

Hi, Teo. Can we say that "make" follows the will of the subject while "let" follows the will of the object? If you make somebody leave, you want and ask him to leave. He may not be willing to leave. If you let somebody leave, he is the

Thanks, Grammar Geek. Do you mind telling me if you also find the last example a normal way of speaking? I mean: (5) Watching TV is an activity that you are not required to do much thinking. If you do, can I say that the following two

Thanks, Teo. Could you please further clarify the notion to me? Is it OK to say that "when" and "where" can be replaced with "that" only when the antecedent is time or place ? Thank you for your help!

Doll, I just checked that post out. It seems to contain only discussion of using "that" and "which" as adjective relatives. My question is: Can "that" replace "where," "how," and "when"?

Please tell me this is wrong. I read in a grammar book that says all relative adverbs, including where, when, how ..., can all be replaced with "that." It gave examples like: (1) This is the ingenious way in which Roger assembled a radio

I think it is. Thanks a lot, MrP.

My appreciation to MrPedantic and Grammar Geek. The misuse of " unchartered " for " uncharted " is so widespread that I had actually learned the former first before I encountered the latter and had to summit this question. As for my other