Thanks for your reply. Could you also please tell me what "make landfall" or "landfall" means in this context? I have already done that: to reach the coast. CB

In casual speaking, I probably use the more common double possessive sometimes. Hi Philip I am sure you prefer the double possessive in cases like this: I'm a colleague of his . CB

I would say what CJ would say, but I know that I'm a colleague of Mr. Smith is also right. CB

As you can see from the ending in the word slated, it is a verb in the text. It means about the same as estimated or scheduled. People estimated that the storm would reach the coast late Wednesday night. CB

But I still think the word "backstage" in the sentence "The actor is backstage" is an adverb. You are right. - CB

Your boss uses the plain infinitive (review), in other words an infinitive without "to" after assist . He may have been misled by another verb that has the same meaning as assist: We will help the client review purchase invoices. .. To

It depends on whom you ask. I'm sure nearly all Americans would use a comma after May 29 and probably the majority of Britons too. However, some British newspapers such as The Guardian have a dislike for commas in dates and write the date as

We couldn't tell which CDs were whose after Carly 's got mixed up with Kendal's and Charles 's CDs. CB

Another possibility: China bank could be the name of the bank itself... No. Bank would be capitalized in that case. CB

That's how I see it, too. However, I'm a good enough computer expert to say whether the use of the plural technologies is really justified in this context - in other words, whether there really are many computer technologies or not. CB