> After sneezing, should I say "Thank you" now or "I'm sorry"? "I'm sorry" is the proper one. Cheers!

Hi! Let's see... > when to use the word tissue, and when to use handkerchief "Tissue" here stands for "tissue paper" and a handkerchief is made of cloth. > what to say when somebody sneezes... When someone sneezes, people nearby may

It sounds incorrect to my ears. "I am stolen" means present. You should say "I was stolen my wallet" or "I've just been stolen my wallet". As a matter of fact, it's much more common to hear "My wallet was stolen!" or a plain "I was robbed!".

It's perfect and I love it!

Although much more related to psychology, "behavours" is accepted. There's nothing wrong with it as far as I know.

The rule of thumb: Someone GIVES something but... Something IS GIVEN TO someone If you say "I'm given", it feels as if there were something missing. You are given what? The usage of passive voice is widely criticized in formal and literary

That makes two of us. I also hate the misuse and abuse of language, although some "pseudo-academics" take stands in favor of this arguing it's just "language development" and we have to avoid "stagnation". Oh well... The difference between

This is one of the big problems with some "communicative" learning settings. It's important to communicate and to speak fluently, but it is also important to speak (and write) accurately. Some courses wait too long to start correcting grammar

Sorry for having contributed to your dulness. Neither Geology nor Geophysics are my specialties - although I work in a mining exploration company. I'm an electronics engineer pretending to be an English teacher. This adjective formation with

"Some of the kids couldn't find/identify the verbs in the sentences." The phrasal verb "find out" implies "to gain knowledge" or "to go and find; to search". I think the proper expression is "they have difficulties in adding 'es' or 's' at the