I take it you are making a cold call by telephone? " Good morning, I am calling from , which is a software firm that specializes in developing software solution s for pharmaceutical business support. We have a proven program for recording

"To hand it to you" is ok is expressing a direct transfer of the parcel from one person to another, bu in the context of a failed delivery, I would expect the sentence to be "The postman/courier tried to hand it over to you on

It rather depends on the context. These days we talk of expatriate workers, since they generally return to their home countries in due course, whereas emigrants move to another place with the intention of remaining there. Also, there are numbers

Filling fare = food that fills you up, make you feel full. Hand-cut steak = Steak that is cut to the customer's order.

Any forester I have worked with has referred to the limb as being the entire branch from the trunk to the end of the twigs.

It's rhetorical. The person is still sounding off about being sacked. He is saying what he thinks the part-timer would say if offered the job.

He is saying to her that he has suddenly understood her motives - she wants to hire someone who will work part-time and for for less money. He is undoubtedly angry.

I would be a little cautious that it was only used with people I knew quite well. It could be interpreted as a criticism of someone's statement(s) or thoughts.

Question: I would have written ''Clinton's turmoil''. Why didn't the author use apostrophe? It is a headline - they do not use standard grammar. Question: Why is semicolon used instead of comma to separate the email

Of course - they can be male or female. Howevr, I would use "calf" rather than "baby".