1. b 2. Yes 3. b is not wrong. It depends on the context. Cheers John.

It's archaic. "Bible speak" doesn't follow the rules of modern grammar.

The past tense of slide is slid. You would slide a letter under the door. Thus: "Since you weren't home, I slid the letter under your door."

Funny ... I could have sworn this had a response before - but now it's gone!

To assume means to come to a conclusion based on incomplete evidence. To presume means to act as if a certain fact were true even if you don't know whether it is or not. These two are often used interchangeably. But there is a fine distinction

As the subject is Uranium-thorium analysis, the first part should be singular. In the last part, I agree that it should be "ages of finds". Thus: "Uranium-thorium a method that scientists can use to determine the ages of archaeological

I think the first sounds completely natural. Three individual things are listed individually. You would have to say, "... there are three pencils", but I interpret the sentence as being an abbreviated version of, "In my backpack there is a

Without consulting a dictionary: I wouldn't infer any negative connotation if I heard the word montage. I would take it to mean several elements joined together, like an assemblage. John.

"Well" has two (at least) meanings. The well of "I am well" is not the same as the well of "You did well." "I am well" means "I am in good health". Think of a "Get well" card. "I'm good" is informal, but very common - especially here in NZ.

No. It's "how ever many".