Good evening: I am reading an article about Reese Witherspoon. She said she was raide in Nashville and was taught by her parents to repect her elders. and then she said :"we'd say things like 'Yes, ma'am' or 'no,

It's not so much the crowd as the individuals in the crowd I don't like. What does this sentence mean? thanks, Enchanted.

Person A to Lectuerer who just gave a lecture: Don't take the walk-outs personally. The lecturer said: I hadn't noticed. Why is "hadn't" used here? is it some kind of condition, like: I hadn't noticed if (until) you told

Happy Sunday: Why sometimes people say: "I said he needs to see the car." instead of " I said he needed to see the car." What's the difference between the needs and needed? Thanks, Ench.

Geek: thanks, but i don't quite understand your explanation. Could you explain a bit more? thanks again Ench

Good evening everyone! I have a question about punctuation mark *. I read a line which uses a pair *. ... I like doing stuff. I don't like sitting in the room, it bores me. I'd rather running outside, fishing, going out dining, *doing

Hello everyone! " Where is she?" "Hot assignment in Athens, she left a half hour ago." What does the word hot mean here? I guess it is like "new", am I right? thanks, ench

The word spirit is always confusing to me. Here is an example. Marriage is the most exquisite express of human spirit. How do you paraphrase the word spirit? thanks, Ench

Good evening: I have been having this question for a long time: if a countable noun, like car, man, is used after "type of", is this noun always in the form of single? for instance, what type(s) of car do you like? but you can't say

Clive: since you are here, i'd like to ask you one more question. open smile. what exactly does the word open mean? thanks, ench,