Hello, With your example, t r aumatized is a past participle used as an adjective. It's origin is a verb but many view it as an adjective, but there is another camp which considers this use passive. This usage is very common. i.e. She

I was watching a television special about life in the White House with my dad, and he pointed out two statements from Michelle Obama that contained poor grammar. Both statements sounded correct to me, but he's a technical writer so I

Sync, Words are powerful. The right words melt people's heart and the wrong ones can cause havoc. "Incoherent" is such a word with negative connotation meaning lacking common sense or awareness. IN general, unless your intent is

Hi, If the content of the copy they sent is hard to understand because of incorrect use of word which causes the meaning to be confused, what you may say politely is something like "Would you please clarify, or be more specific"?

It's fundamentally correct and understood. Personally I would revise it slightly: It's not just a few days, sir. Months of stress and fatigue have been accumulated in you. A passive voice makes it more appropriate in my opinion.

Imid, I need a certain explanation why some sounds natural and others does not. I don't want to dowse your enthusiasm. Beside a persistent learning attitude, it will require constant usage and exposure to English to get a sense of what

HI Myid, "He is less stupid than I thought .. " Well, this is not quite what natural English would sound like. I would say it this way:" He is smarter than I thought..." My mother is younger than you think she

In addition to G.G.'s comments, "take lunch" has a specific meaning but can't mean "have just eaten". If a business employees 3 sales clerks and each must take turn for lunch, X may say to other 2 coworkers "would

I am on vacation = AmE usage I am on holiday s = BRE usage Plural makes more sense if it's an extended time off from work. If it's single, it'd mean one day. Department stores are operating on holiday schedules during

Part of the English learning is to develop a sense when to use the proper tense for the context you have in mind. Most people we come across in our everyday life probably don't give too much emphasis in past perfect in conversation to