she is too beautiful that i want to marry her She is too beautiful to marry. She is so beautiful that I want to marry her. ============ Usually, 'too' carries with it an implication that there is some further negative downside. This

There is lots of interaction and networking. - Acceptable. There is a lot of interaction and networking. - Better than the first. I'm puzzled as to why the second example is "better than the first".

None of us has to be an authority to cite commonly known things about public figures. Comments like that aren't targeted against the other party in the argument. Comments like that should, one, have a degree of truthfulness to them. I'm not

Victorycountry, There is such a book but the title now escapes me. I'll do some checking around for you. If you don't hear back from me, please post a reminder.

I would take the 'last year' here as an afterthought, that clarifies 'already': 1. I've already discussed that (last year). Ergo, the collocation sometimes exists. What both Swan and the CGEL are pointing up is how prescriptive grammars

i) 'During the last 20 years, he has sometimes got up at 5 o'clock.' ii) 'For the last 20 years, he's usually got up at 5 o'clock.' The 'progressive' version sounds slightly awkward, though: iii) ??'He's been getting up usually at five

"I've seen you somewhere before" is a common phrase. I think English "before" should include "now" when it stands alone. This is a bit confusing to me, because the Japanese equivalent to "before" excludes "now". paco Paco, The

Please avoid personal comments/attacks in the forum. If nothing else, this sort of comments seems to indicate that the poster is unable to defeat the other party's line of argument (thus resorting to personal comments). My comment was simply

I've never seen Tony Blair cited as an authority for accurate linguistic usage before... I've never seen Mr Pedantic cited as an authority for accurate linguistic usage before...

WHAT can I call "is+past participle"? I already know this form is passive voice. But doES it HAVE another name? This form is also used as 'linking verb' + 'past participle acting as an adjective' EXAMPLES: It is