a) I look through the content s of the drawers. 'Contents' as a plural noun is normally used to refer to what is in a container.

In that sentence, the comma isn't necessary for clarity.

Both 'outskirts' and 'suburbs' are the outer edges of a town or city. Now, the difference between the terms is that the suburbs is the residential area on the outskirts.

Yes, they both mean 'I don't now up till now'.

The sentence seems fine, yes.

Pinko wrote: What do those two phrases mean ( just interested ) If something is of interest, we want to know about it, it is interesting or to our advantage.

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A few suggestions: (a) He prefers watching the movie of "The Hand" . The preposition isn't normally used here. (b) I prefer the action movie 'X-Mission' . (c) I prefer to watch the horror movie called 'The H unt' . 'Called' isn't

Vincent Teo wrote: (a) Last week afternoon, This is not correct. You would have to specify which day of the week, e.g. 'Last Saturday afternoon'.

Try inserting this clause into the sentence: 'because even if I hadn't lost them'. Thus it would read: I have lost my rod and basket; but it does not much matter, because even if I hadn't (lost them), I am sure I should (= would) never have dar ed