I wanted to know that I was worth driving 10 miles in the rain to get a piece of lemon meringue pie. Once I did that, I know the pie was unimportant. 1. If someone else drove ten miles to get pie for you, then I wanted to know if I was worth

MrP wrote Further to the afraid/ashamed debate, 'at first' is another clue. 'I was too ashamed...at first' can tolerate the movement from 'shame' to 'shame overcome' within a short space of time; but 'I was too afraid...at first' (to my mind)

Ah, yes, and we are human before we are native speakers.

Mr.C., the sentence is equivalent to 1 isn't it? (it was my purpose) Mrs. Maverick, 1. and 2. are indeed different. Note, 1. I do not always ('not' negates 'do') 2. I always do not ('not' negates 'always do', giving never do.

Word-final <t> is slightly aspirated in English, but in some languages it is unaspirated and sounds like <d>. To practice aspiration, say the word "team", "tin", "tan" slowly, as slowly as you can, and focus on the initial <t>

not always = not all the time. always do not = never do; "not" negates "always do", giving never do .

I advised him to take out the word 'crackpot' and substitute the word 'infested'. What does it mean? Does this sentence mean that ( A ) I advised someone to take out the word 'crackpot' and substitute the word 'infested' for some other word

2- is 'strange' to my ears. It means, I never go . . . ., so use "never". With adverbs of frequency the general rule of thumb is to place the adverb before the main verb, not the auxiliary: I always go . I don't always go . ?I always

Don't tear up your notes, MrP. They're fabulous. Why else use intonation if not to reduce ambiguity?

Hanuman wrote: 1. He has not yet come. 2. He has not come yet. Which one is correct? Where the adverb is located has a great deal to do with its semantic contribution. For example, if "yet" is inside the verb phrase, it contributes