Greetings to everyone! I would like to consult you about the following usage of articles in "The Lord of the Rings": "The Sun grew misty as the day grew old, until it gleamed in a(?) pale sky..." There is one certain sky above,

I thinks there would be really no difference in meaning if you used "Have you finished your work?".

Welcome to the forums, hybernate The tense should in now way depend on the tenses used in the book. 1. "The book disscussed" — here "discussed" is an adjective (not a vern in the past tense), and it means that someone is (or

Hello all. Now, after a loong break, I am doing the last pieces of text for the game, and have decided to turn to your help again :) Does this phrase sound OK to you, and what are the ways to fix it if it doesn't? «I had been waited for here.»

You wrote "was based" probably indicating that the belief holds no longer... In this case I don't see a reason to use a present tense to describe the assumption — the basis of the belief. «I am a confused because the person still

Hello all! This time I have come upon a phrase the meaning whereof had totally evaded me at first: «Boromir hauled the eastern door to, grinding upon its hinges: it had great iron rings on either side, but could not be fastened.» Although form the

I can't thinnk of any other explanation than that it is an incorrect term for TOC(Table of Contents)... P.S.: You shoud say: "explain _to_ somebody" ;)

Interesting indeed, Mister Micawber. Although I'd expect something like "...was written many a rune."...

Hello everybody, Below is another quotation from "Lord of the Rings": «...a device of seven stars set between the crescent Moon and the rayed Sun, and about them was (?) written many runes.» "Many runes" is a plural form, so

Hello all. The quotation I have used for the title is from "Lord of the Rings", and I suppose you already know what troubles me: I would certainly have changed "are" to "have": "So perilous have the lands now