There is something in Matthew's past, that Peter had asked him about. Apparently Matthew never talks about himself. In other words, no-one had ever known Peter to give out any information about himself.

I find this quite difficult to figure out. It might help if you advised who you were writing to (or more correctly "to whom you were writing"). We IT visited the data center on that date and saw the pathetic data center in our company

"Too short a time" would not generally be used in everyday conversation, but it appears a lot in literature. When used appropriately, it is quite acceptable. Mostly we would say "not enough time" nowadays. "mind

Dear Sir, I would like to request some annual leave to commence on .. for a period of ..days, and return on .. It would be most appreciated if you would advise your approval, as this leave is required for my marriage on .. Yours

We say food gone bad, gone stale, was spoiled. should be ...food has gone bad,.. I haven't heard "it's starting to show" referring to bad food. I have heard "it's starting to spoil" "it's

No, but you could say "This way is better" where it is understood what way you are talking about. or you could say "This way is the better way" or "This way is the better one" but not "once".

I do not understand what all this is. But to start it, I would be more diplomatic, eg. "Would you mind confirming...... please. However, the rest of it, I don't know what it all is about. sorry.

Could you please explain me the next situation? ...explain to me.. but you don't defy Hank Butler . ( But Hank Butler hates when someone is arguing with him? ) It is more than this. Unless this is said in jest, ie. if it is

"it is" if it has to be contracted then it is always "it's", the apostophe shows that something has been removed, ie the "i". A lot, if not all, contractions follow this method. eg. "do not" becomes

Besides, one of the great pleasures of talking with fluent non-native speakers is the economy and grammaticality of their speech. It would be a pity if they began to prefer vapid burble, like the natives. OOh! I agree with this entirely. It