What's the origin of this sentence ? Context: a group of Harvard Law School Profs in discussion of the legal education at Harvard. Sentence (by one of the profs) "Are we the Christians here, gentlemen, or the lions ?"  What was the

I am curious what the grammar rule is behind the following sentence, "I comprehend all restraint of motion, caused by an external obstacle, be it a house; or an island. There is no conjunction before "be it a house", nor a

I hope Clive can respond further to my post. I wonder if in the first paragraph, the author should use "appearanceS" but not "appearance", especially in the second to the last sentence. $0.02

Jersey as a T shirt is pronounced as jur-zee. But when Jersey as a shorthand for New Jersey, how do we pronounce it? And how do we pronounce the state ? Thanks

I presume it's a wrong usage of "less", as people are countable.  but why do i hear this expression so often, "it's a small company. we have less than 10 people". shouldn't it be "we have fewer than 10

I found both expressions - the more common one is "he is on his honeymoon" - as in ON vacation ?? but it's also seen in many places where people use "he is in his honeymoon" - as in "in the middle of his

It bugs me hugely to know how better to write the following sentence. Any help will be really appreciated.  Specifically,  (a) the underlined words are those that I am most confused about - between using "a" and "the" (b) the

I don't know if this is worthy of (a) further discussion as it is no longer an issue of grammar. (Note: Do I need to add the article "a" in front of the "discussion") But I wonder which sentence will be the preferred one in

I am confused, as it seems that both usages are correct - again, context-dependent. But can anyone please help me with the following sentences ? Thanks "I would like to apply what I learned in school to help people" ? "I would like

Does the following sentence strike you as a strange one? Thanks "Although the project has been technically challenging, I was able to identify a new role of xyz in the abc process." I thought the correct sentence should be "although