Hey, ye it is a really difficult topic to explain, i think perhaps it just comes from living in an English speaking country that you pick up what is best to use, i don't think there is a grammatical rule, you just tend to know what fits best.

Hey! In this case it would be more accurate to say "several children have died from an enterovirus", to say 'died of' doesn't sound correct; in reality however you don't die from a virus you die from its effects on the

Excuse me Yoong Liat, you are extremely arrogant! I stated quite clearly that the way Clive explained things was very good! If you think you speak english better than a native then you must be extremely good! I wonder?!? I am clearly stating that

Yes what Clive said is a very good way of explaining it, but in essence they are the same and 'my friend' is more commonly used

By all means ask someone else if you still are unsure but I can assure you that what you are suggesting doesn't really make any sense, they are the same. I realise that in other languages phrases often confer different meanings but in English

Haha guys, really I promise you there is no difference between them, neither one supplies more information at all (see below), I am from the UK and I speak the queen's english so I can assure you either is perfectly fine, I'm sure if you

Hey, I am from the UK, technically 'a friend of mine' and 'my friend' are the same thing, however 'My friend' is used much more commony in both speech and written work. I don't know what website that was taken from but

Hey! I dont know if you'd be interested because you speak good english but i'd be interested to chat with you and find out a bit about Sweden before I go next year, I might be visiting Stockholm this September too which should be fun. Bye

Here are 2 correct ways of saying it, the first is more informal, the second more formal. If you had said your original sentence native people would have understood, the content of your sentece is fine it's just the order that is the problem

You could say the following: The snake slithered in / into / through / behind the bushes. you wouldn't say 'to', but instead: the snake slithered towards the bushes you wouldn't say 'at', but instead: the snake slitehred