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(1A): John bought a book for Mary, but then decided to keep it. (1B): John bought a book for Mary, but Mary lost it. (2A): John bought Mary a book, but Mary lost it. (2B): John bought Mary a book, but then decided to keep it. I

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I have come across the following sentence: "John came in a second time, flying about 500 feet overa farm near the village of Berg,..." I believe "John came in the second time" is also possible. If so, then what is

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My grammar book tells that when the word "as" is used as a conjunctive in the concessive clause, the exact following pattern should be followed (no other pattern else): (1) Young as he is, he has already mastered three foreign languages.

There are two pairs of sentences. The latter parts of the sentences are true (“I took another TOEFL” is true, and “I am hungry” is true.), and I am wondering which former parts are more possible or appropriate. (1a) Since 550 is not enough for

There is a passage in my English textbook. In the passage there is a phrase “ powered infant formula ”, but I think it should be “ powdered infant formula ”. The paragraph which has the phrase is copied below: Nestlé, an international food

There is a passage in my English textbook. In this passage there are two sentences with the simple present tense, in which I think the simple past tense should be used, and they are the following: 1. “there is always a toast” 2. “Many

Thank you very much! So the bottom line of language use is to be free of misunderstanding, and then try to follow the conventions of native speakers as much as possible.