What do you mean, emphatic? I want a lot of money. I do want a lot of money. -- Do you mean like that? You can also add an exclamation mark: I do want a lot of money!

I'd put a determiner before "Data" in any case. All data in systems X and Y has been updated. The pertinent data in systems X and Y has been updated. I agree that a, b and b are all equally correct, but I'd say a.

Have you had the kind with the peanut butter inside?

Oh, good, we agree. It's not the more natural phrasing, but it's not incorrect. Thank you. Isn't she a goofball? I've always wondered how cats do that. If you were lying on your stomach and yet managed to touch the back of your

Hello ahmad, I'm willing to be that rather than a letter, there is a form you complete for this. Contract the tax department (whatever its local name is) and find out what you need to do. Here, you get it back when you file you tax return,

CJ, why do you object to the restaurant one? His look was one of pity. His home was one of poverty. The restaurant was one of luxury.

Yes, it's an idiom, and where I live it's pretty common. It's a noun and it means "major thing I learned." It's more common in the business world. I went to his lecture. My two major take-aways were... After three solid

According to the strict rules, if you have two complete sentences joined by the "and" you use the comma. So, your should NOT have the comma, the second should, the third should not, and the fourth should. In practice, if the two

Either could be. I gave everyone a pack of M&Ms, including myself. Thank you for including me in the invitation to the picnic.

I think you may want to say that you hope you will NOT mangle the name next time. Or you could say something like "We'll see what creative pronuncation will come out next time." Or you could say "Right. Easy for YOU to