I ask this because a friend insists that a couple (in the context of my example) means exactly two! To me it literally means several amount that is small, which is around 2 but not necessary exactly two.

Is there any difference between these two sentences? a) The Nanotechnology is essential to ensuring the growth and development of tomorrow's technology. b) The Nanotechnology is essential to ensure the growth and development of tomorrow's

The former sounds like you were acting it on something (on yourself in this case). The latter sounds more appropriate.

My Kenyan mate once told me a Kenyan joke. A man dies and is sent to Hell. There he finds different Hell for different countries and decides to stick to the least painful one to spend his eternity. He approaches USA Hell and asks, "How do

Yoong Liat, I try not to be rude, but just want to point out that your sentense is inconsistence with respect to the subject. We must not add our own words unless it is necessary. or You must not add your own words unless it is necessary.

Thank you for your reply and thanks for the corrections. I don't know what "chlorination process" is so I can't say whether you should use "the" or "a" but you need one of them. "sweetness -- 600

Hi, Need a quick help on this. In 1976, Tate and Lyle extended the idea of Cane and Sweet in sugar refining process in their article . Their idea is based on chlorination process. The article claims the product has improved sweetness -- 600 times

Perhaps these are better: a) She was writing about her brother a minute ago. b) She has just written about her brother.

Is there any difference between the following sentences? 1) Under mild condition, hardly close monitoring is required. 2) Under mild condition, close monitoring is hardly required.