Hi all, What's the difference between the two? Is a different aspect being stressed or what do they communicate differently? I have got homework to do. (I have homework to do.) I have got to do homework. (I have to do homework.) or I have bad

Hi, Question is in the subject. I hear either one quite often, but can never find out if only one would work or if they're interchangeable. Paul

Hi, I'm wondering what this concept is called. Sometimes, I hear people say things that--to me as a non-native--sound weird. For instace: I demand that my employees be left all the room to carry out good work. Is that also the case with: I

Thanks Clive! That sheds some light on the whole issue. Coming from a German background, present perfect is one if the hardest things for me in English. We use it all the time, which makes it hard for me to use in English, because I know it's

Well in my opinion the first one is lacking a reference to a point in time. The second one I would use when saying something like "She's cooked dinner so we can eat now." The first one I would use to express something like "She

Hi, I'm struggling with present perfect vs. past again. He has watched too much XYZ lately. or He watched too much XYZ lately. I could see reasons for both, but I'm not sure. Nor do I know the difference. What about recently? I've

Ok, understood. I understand that with people one should never use 'of' in general? That is, sentences like This is the car of Eddie. -> This is Eddie's car. Shouldn't that also apply to He's a student of Eddie. Or could you

Hi, When do you have to use singular and when plural in combinations? This is a three students project / This is a three student project. the three people / three person apartment It's a two bedrooms / bedroom apartment. I can never seem to

Hi, I've heard things like that quite often recently. She's a friend of Sean's. He's a student of Eddie's. They're friends of ours. Where does the genitive s come from? I can see it in the following sentences: There's a

Hi, When do you use the infinitive and when the present progressive form? Example: Watch me doing five push-ups. or Watch us have some fun and jump around. Paul