Yes, it's a common expression. (P.S. Don't forget to capitalize your 'I's. You're important!) Cheers John.

I would say yes. It's really internalised speech. In some cases, when the thing thought is less definite, you could do without the quotation marks. For instance. Clay laughed to himself and marvelled at the wonderful woman before him.

Well, I don't want to be DOGmatic about it, but I think that the first sentence is really a very general introduction. The following sentences detail the exact nature of the benefits. John.

The Jameses's cats are miaowing. The Jameses took a trip.

The second. It's just a more emphatic way of saying, "I have collected the prize."

In modern English, should and would are usually interchangeable. The old distinction was that, in the first person, "shall" indicated simple intention, and "will" indicated determination (i.e. a strong intention). Should and would are the

The writer mentions two benefits of dog ownership: Keeping the owner alert, and relieving anxiety. So, companionship is the third benefit mentioned. It's not mandatory to have "also" there, but it's not wrong. Cheers John.

It means that people who get up early often eat worms. Yum, yum! Ha, ha ... just kidding. It means that people who get out of bed early are likely to discover more opportunities, just as the first birds that start foraging in the morning

Capitalize it when it's used as a pronoun - i.e. instead of the person's name. When it's just a noun, no capitalization is necessary. For instance: "We went with Dad." = "We went with John Smith." "Most men will end up being someone's

No. No.