Thank you for the feedback, I, too, tried to interpret it as an imperative form but failed. To me it is not clear at all how this conclusion follows from the sentence's structure. Below I have condensed it to make the overall structure

Why isn't there a 'the' in front of chance? Can I add it to the sentence? In this form, "chance" is already modified by "the" + "better", so no. But in the following rewrite "the" is necessary:

Hello, everybody In the following extract I have included the end of the preceding sentence to make the next one clearer: «...he was surely conscious, inexplicably conscious of some presence. Ay, surely; to every room and corner of the house his

Thank you for the feedback, CalifJim. Everybody translates a little differently. While there are probably quite a few other ways this could be said, I see nothing wrong with the choices you made. Yes, but I am trying to keep it close

Hello, alk24 The sentence with "Why" is the only correct. "Why" is used to enquire about the reason behind some action, which in your example is "caring of what he thinks". "What" is used in

Hello, Below is a passge which I have translated from Russian (yes, for the everlasting Star Heritage Translation project). Could you please check it for grammar mistakes and serious stylistical faults? «Upon slightly raising the

In my opinion, All comes down to the context Could be true! "Both" can have the unifying function, like in the following example: One member of a rowing team that consists of two men can say: «We both won this prize», meaning both the

Thanks. If I change the sentence structure to "We both have a desk," it still means "Each of us has a desk." Is my understanding correct? I'll support CJ here, so yes. And if you say «Both of us have cats», it will mean

But i still confused. Can i write like this in work paper? Hello, Forlan Personally I wouldn't do it for two reasons (in the order of importance): 1) Not being a native speaker], I am not sure that the quoted phrase is grammatically correct.

I think it is a contracted version of «He became mayor and then Prime Minister, which position he still occupies now». It is not forbidden to combine different tenses in once sentence.