I'm often amazed at how entrenched these stereotypes are. I was born and have lived my entire life in the United States, but I have a much more favorable opinion of Germany than of my "own" country. For me, Germany is a country that has

You can leave "St. Dunstan's" as it is. There is, however, a different error: I assume this sentence doesn't reference a particular event that is "good news", and that you mean "good news" in the Biblical sense. If so, then "Good News" must be

This is more a matter of style; a comma could be used depending on the speaker's intent. In this instance I agree with MountainHiker. Since the "and did it well" is meant to reinforce the assertion that "she did it", the sentence is more

It's simple past: "...I knew..." The other verbs and verb-appearing words in the sentence are ancillary. "Living" in the first clause is an adjective modifying forest, "it was going to be" is a verb clause in the simple past ("it was..."), and

Aaaaaaaargh! Doesn't anyone teach this in school anymore, or are people just lazy? I think dangling modifiers must be among the most common usage problems in English today, and it's a scary problem when you find it among people who write

I think using "who" and "whom" correctly is still important. Suppose, for example, you come across the following sentence in a book: "Rob mentioned who?" "Who" written here without the "m" indicates that "who" is the subject of the

"Hook" can be used for fishing and for any similar situation, as in the above sentence.

Both sentences are correct.

Because the pronunciation of "R" begins with a vowel sound, you would most often hear "The company issued an RFI."

The most common usage is "No black-soled shoes allowed!"