I'll say, "We danced from dusk until dawn." I had not indicated when we started dancing in my first post. Sorry James

First, buy an American Heritage dictionary. Second, never rely on webster's, use the latin for these plurals. good luck James

Ahh how the little things make us laugh. Though geneder is not implied, the context suggests the date may be a romantic encounter. James

Hacynth, While "...see emerging" may be grammatically correct, it is a bit awkward. You're correction is much better. One problem with the monk sentance stems from the weakness of the verb to become. However, your correction solves the naming

Deepa, I don't know the context of the sentence, not that it is a sentence, but it could refer to offshore (foreign) investments. James

The correct spelling would be “Smiths” as you are referring to 3 Smiths whose last name is Smith. You would only need an apostrophe if you are referring to ownership ie "The Smiths' car is red."

The main issue here is that board is a collective noun. The determination of their vs. its depends on what you are referring to. If you are referring to the board as a whole, "its" is correct. However, if you are referring to individual members of

The use of 'until' or 'to' is a bit abiguous to most of us despite its definition. Until is exclusive, both in the understand of until as "before a certain time" or "up to the time that." If "we danced until dawn," dawn marks the time at which,

"a" is correct From Aaron, Jane E. "The Little Brown Compact Handbook." Harper Collins: New York, 1995. p. 295. "Use 'a' before words beginning with consonant sounds, including those spelled with an initial pronounced "h" and those spelled

Charis and Hitchhiker, I am not a moderator for the site, nor am I a scholar in grammar. However, I studied English Lit., wrote many papers over four years and know a thing or two. I disagree with the suggestion. The term 'learning disabilities'