You should always put 'the' before 31 in "on the thirty-first of December", but you can leave it out in 'on December the thirty-first', so you can just say 'on December thirty-first'. At least, that's what

Thanks, Kooyeen By the way, after googling it a liitle bit, I came across a web page that describes different adverb clauses with time expressions. If someone's still interested, here is the link:

Hi, Could you please tell me if there's any rule regarding when to use "as" and when to use "when" in such sentences as below: 1) The thought occurred to me as I was watching the show. 2) The thought occurred to me when I

Hi guys, I've always thought I should use either a gerund or to-infinitive after the verb "to remember" (with a difference in meaning). Is it really ok to say - I remember you told me that . And if yes, is it also ok to say (for

CalifJim , Cool Breeze thanks for your input. CalifJim , I had a feeling that "focused" in the first sentence (the second sentence was meant to go like ...John's focused on...,which is absolutely wrong) was an adjective, not a verb,

GG , thanks for your reply. Looks like I get the point, but that's very interesting that the sentences with the same subject have practically the same meaning in spite of different (Active/Passive) verb forms.

Hi, I'd like to ask you, is it ok to use the passive voice of the verb "to focus" in this sentence: All this time John's been focused on blah-blah-blah... I'm kind of confused about what/who performs the action on John in

CalifJim , Yoong Liat thanks for your replies. After all the comments, I think I just keep on using the second one.

Hi, all Could you please tell me what's the difference between these two sentences. Actually, the part I'm interested in is if I should use the past participle or the present participle of the verb "to connect" after "a

Goodman, You're not the one...I feel your pain, man. I was totally confused about that booty thing too. Googled it a little bit...came to understanding...tricky one))