The word "overall" can be used as either an adjective or as an adverb: - The overall result of the study turned out to be positive. (adjective) - Overall , the result of the study turned out to be positive. (adverb) - The result of the

I'd never heard of a sploshing party either. But apparently at least a few people have. It's got an entry in the Urban Dictionary .

Hi Tinanam0102 You asked about the word "it", but you also underlined "it" twice, and "it" refers to different things in each case. Here is my opinion: "it had intended" it = the (Spanish) government The

Grammatically, the sentence is OK (though you should remove the dash after the word "usual"). Practically speaking, I'd say most people would not use the passive phrase "the company I am employed by" in that sentence, and

eachother .. maynotbecorrect ... but it is ALWAYS used. Did you mean to say "...butitisALWAYSused"?

However, some people still cling to an older style in which words like historic (first syllable not stressed) take an . I'm one of those "clingers". (A Klingon?) But it's not actually something I do consciously. That's just

I answered your question in another thread, Anon: http://www.englishforums.com/English/PassiveVoice/ljchm/post.htm

Your sentence is grammatically correct, but it is not particularly natural. People generally would not use such a passive sentence. Using the active voice would be far better: "Tom has been solving the problems for 15 minutes."

They're all correct, Anon. The word gotten is generally used as the past participle of the verb "get" in American English, and got is used as the past participle in British English. Thus your first sentence seems to be AmE, and the

Hi Michael I'm not quite sure what you want to know. I'm sure that many/most language schools will provide you with some sort of document stating that you attended and successfully completed certain ESL coursework. However, if you have