Both «Both the girls...» and «Both girls...» are correct, because the definite article is sometimes omitted in such phrases. «The both» is incorrect, because here the article is placed before a pronoun.

Ok, thanks.

«No, that doesn't sound awkward at all. It simply means that he had died sometime before Monday's announcement.» Hmm. It's evident. Don't you think that with the Past Simple one may read it as "he" died after the announcement (quite

Can't the article be omitted here? «The root of problems when it comes to living in harmony is lack of tolerance.»

Does the original example «He had been described as "recovering" but on Monday it was announced he had died.» sound a bit awkward to to you? Would you change it in this way: «He had been described as "recovering" but on Monday

Ok. So, my post is just a reasoning for the use of Past Perfect, though it may be omitted in the considered example.

«...it was announced he had died» Isn't it simple sequence of tenses? Furthermore: first, he died, then it was announced. In the example above we have a reverse order. The subordinate clause («he had died») must be

As I am concerned, «that» is used with a descriptive clause, while «which» — with an indicative one. «I have a book _that_ was published 1941» Here a property of the book is emphasized. «Is «The

1. Things at hand are the ones which are currently available to you, which are within your reach. 2. «Talk out» — Prevent from something, only by means of discussion. «Talk into» has the opposite meaning — to persuade

«I began writing a book about turn-based games, but it came to nothing.» That is, I couldn't finish it. I abandoned it. I gave it up. An effort that has come to nothing is a resultless effort, an effort in which you didn't succeed.