The Cimetière du Montparnasse, an ocean of gray stone, is Paris’s most literary cemetery, holding the graves of Maupassant, Beckett, Duras and Man Ray, as well as arrivistes like Susan Sontag and Serge Gainsbourg .(From NYT) What's the meaning

Doll wrote: I would vote for "would have refused". Everything sets in the past so no need to shift to the present. For more detailed information, search "would/would have" on the search box right above. Is not as simple as saying that

'But if you didn't know any Russian why did you offer to give him Russian lessons? Because I knew that he would refuse / would have refused .He always rejected my offers.' Is there any difference in the meaning of the sentence if I choose would

'I didn't blab my love affair to the press as these days tends to be the mode'. I wrote this sentence in my essay but my teacher said it was wrong and it followed the italian pattern. She rephrased it : 'I didn't blab my love affair to the

His finest achievement- indeed masterpiece wouldn't be too strong a word.' Normally in English adjectives follow articles like in a very strong man,a too long sentence.... In the above blur-band-sentence too strong (adverbs?) precedes the article.

I have found this word in today's edition of the New york Times but I couldn't find it in any dictionaries I looked up in. Google gives 267 entries.Below are some sentences quoting incognoscenti Some incognoscenti grumped when they couldn’t

Grammar books usually tell us that in questions we can use already when expressing surprise: Have you already finished? That was quick. Are you already here? Otherwise yet is mandatory. Have you called the garage yet? Did you buy the

If it is a typo I must tell you that it is greatly widespread . I quick survey on Google gives 162'000 entries for "was likely be" and 60'000 entries for "is likely be".

I encounter quite often the form "is likely to be" without the preposition to as in the below sentences "The Environment Agency has warned that it is likely be an ongoing problem. " (BBC) "..despite calls for postponement by some Iraqi leaders