tritransitives being thrice as transitive, i bet? sam

in addition to what others have said, the distinction between vowel and consonant is not clear cut. no dividing line. /w/ , the sound at the beginning of words like 'witch', 'wear' and 'walk', is both vowel- and consonant-like. when you look

Mister Micawber wrote: I'd say, if I've ever seen one . not 'if ever i've seen one'?

Guest wrote: My son, a grade 7 student in a French school, is struggling with English grammar. Unfortunately, on this one, his English speaking mother cannot decide which is correct. the short answer is, whatever the teacher says is correct.

to comma or not, in my book, is chiefly a matter of intonation. see John Lawler on comma use sam, 'One man can't punctuate another man's manuscript any more than one person can make the gestures for another person's speech.' - Twain

JKBelieve wrote: Cold for all the summer beyond the panes, for all the tropical heat of the room itself, a harsh thin light glared through the windows, hungrily seeking some draped lay figure, some pallid shape of academic goose-flesh, but

in your sentence it means something like 'pointed outwards'. in other words your feet aren't pointing straight ahead but at a 45 deg angle and your knees follow suit. the bending is part of the squatting motion itself, not the preparation.

Teo wrote: And out of the ground the Lord God made to spring up every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. (Genesis 2:9, English Standard Version, 2001 ) Normally we use the structure "make + object + infinitive without to."

(1) She cut her hair. if 'she' and 'her' both refer to Jane, then Jane cut her own hair, end of story. otherwise, Jane ('she') cut Mary's (her) hair. as a stand-alone sentence, it could equally mean either. (2) She cut herself her

Khoff wrote: Sam - I don't want to come down too hard on you; I see you're fairly new to the board. I just want to make clear to non-native speakers that what people do say is not necessarily what they should say. Please don't take offense!