That we are here many I can accept. What I cannot accept is what this mass is composed of; the individuals. If you go to a rock concert because you like the feeling of concerts but you do not like people who like rock music, you can say:

There is no inversion. may he would be an inversion. http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=89736&dict=CALD The word order is quite normal. There is one thing that makes me anxious. I cannot recover the ellipted part in the second

The growth rate of a start-up business is generally related to ((the amount of time) and (resources) ) dedicated to the endeavor.

I'm just wondering about the future. 'about the future' is not the object of the verb; it is an adverbial element, an adjunct, that desribes, modifies the verb 'wondering'.

Do you think the second modal "could" is about present possibility No. My reading is the referrent of "I" lifted the bag a few moments before the present moment. With your stipulations, to keep ambiguity from arising, my

Helló Öcsi! Így működik: A: Have you done your homework yet? B: I will not do it until Friday . A: Have you done your homework yet? B: I will have done it by Friday .

No. It is a false conditional. Not all "if" clauses imply condition. I am wondering why you slammed the door in my face and still insist on saying it was a game in the same breath. Incidentally, the young lady in your avatar, is it you?

"I had seen it in Rome about a week ago, before you bought it." It means the act of buying did not happen earlier than one week ago. "I had seen it in Rome about a week before you bought it ." It means the act of buying

Hi Let me put it in a different way: I HAVE BEEN lazy... -- the choice of tense demands a period of time, like "since yesterday", "since the exam period is over", etc. "Recently" fits the bill perfectly because it

recently: during a recent period of time -- during, duration, period since is followed by a point in time These two ideas seem to conflict. I am sure the first sentence is nonsense. Besides, an 'a' is missing from both sentences. I have