Angliholic wrote: He denied committing suicide with his girlfriend. This is grammatically OK, but when it comes to its meaning, it seems wrong to me. "commit suicide" means "killing yourself". "attempting suicide" would be OK. He

On second thought, "a" could be as fine.

Vincent Teo wrote: Can I say, (a) He felt surprised to see the girl waiting at the entrance of a school. Use "the" instead of "a". (b) I felt that day was a meaningful day. This is OK.

Philip wrote: I think she probably is a native speaker. People sometimes play on that formation: a house might be listed as a fixer-upper. Hi, Philip. Thank you for the information. If the interlocutor was a native speaker too, for what

Ahn wrote: I saw a woman online who said she's a 'baby looker afterer' instead of using 'baby sitter', so I wonder if it's a natural and acceptable expression. I don't think it is. The words which can be used are babysitter /

Angliholic wrote: But why is the first in the following correct as opposed to the second which is seen as not idiomatic? All of them objected to going on a picnic because of the rain. All of them opposed to going on a picnic because of

Do not think wrong about him. I think this is wrong or at least not idiomatic. I would say Don't think badly of him.

Hi, Barbara. Do you mean "He draws a picture when he is free" means he draws the same picture each time?

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Hi, have a bath BrE or take a bath AmE is more usual than 'bathe' meaning wash yourself or someone else. I would ask When did you last take a bath?