Hi, Sorry, I cannot follow at all... Could you please explain the meaning of the sentence to me! And what about the possessives? Do you leave out the apostrophe when two or more people are involved? Sorry, I am totally lost but it seems like

I am currently trying hard to adopt a more concise and succint way of expressing myself in English. Hence, I was thinking that a phrase like "This means that in cases where the loans are not repaid, ..." is to wordy. I wanted to reduce this

I guess you are right, if "loans" is the subject of the sentence. It would indeed sound very artificial to say "As for loans, they are ..." However, in a different context, e.g. "As to loans, the company was able to negogiate a better

Hi, I am hesitant to use the phrase "in the case of a loan, ...", for it appears too verbose. Substituting "with respect to loans" or "as far as loans are concerned" does not make it any better. Is it feasible, in a formal context, to use

"poltically unenforceable" sounds much better! thanks a lot! however, there are, of course, certain words, which you cannot negate that easily. e.g., viable Example: The exemption method is politically not viable." In my eyes, it gets

Hi, This is my first post in this forum, which I have found to be a tremendous resource for problems with English grammar. Here comes my own question. Earlier today, I realized that in the case of certain composite expressions, you would