My apology for being unclear and for starting with "the question" and ending with "by the committee". I thought the context should not matter when we analyze the grammar within. The REAL question I am trying to get an answer to

Thanks for the response. To clarify your confusion, (a) the committee needs to "appreciate" the question so as to "consider" funding a research group to work on it. (b) the word "basic" means "fundamental",

(a) The question seems to need to be basic enough to be appreciated by the committee  (b) the question seems basic enough to be appreciated by the committee (c) the question needs to be basic enough to be appreciated by the committee For me, the

I just found out that Mr. Micawber responded to a question I posted a while back :)  I would like to extend the discussion a bit. Although I understood the "basics" of these types of abbreviation, but "orgo" for me isn't

I believe the correct sentence is  the price of this jacket is well over (or weell over) being reasonable - but it seems that sometimes I'd hear people say 'the price of this jacket is WAY over being reasonable" or "the price of

Thanks, Grammar Geek. Somehow I have the impression, which may be wrong, that rebuttal is used with a connotation that the prior comment is INcorrect (although both counter-claim and counter-argument seem to "rebut" the initial

claim and counter-claim. argument and counter-argument. comment and ??  Is there a word to substitute the ?? Thanks

I understand orgo stands for organic chem, but am curious if there is a story behind how it came about being called orgo. Thanks

Thanks a lot. But I wonder how you'd phrase it in writing/an email, but not in a conversation (nor an IM). Would you use exactly the same sentence to ask the question ? Thank you

(A) "I wonder if you'd be available sometime next week for a chat" (B) "I wonder if you'd have TIME sometime next week for a chat" (C) "I wonder if you'd have THE TIME sometime next week for a chat" Is