Thanks for the explanation.  Please bear with me a bit longer - I am just too anal to let go here. If a process has remained throughout the time (from the past TO the present), it would indicate that CLEARLY there ARE people who still make cheese

Since a native speaker has already piped in, I am not a native speaker so I only beg for an answer to clarify my own confusion. My initial thought to this question is A - with the following logic. To me, the sentence is comparing two groups of

Thanks for the input.  The best option for me is to rewrite the sentence.  But I would like to continue the discussion a bit longer on the use of "to range from A to B". (a) the list I was making is comprised of "genetics,

What if I want to say "in the interest of someone", can I still use "on one's behalf" ?  According to the dictionaries, Random House Unabridged Dictionary (1) in  or  on behalf of,  as a representative of or a proxy for

there are probably NO rules to this - and from a post back in 2005, there were some discussions on the usage of "die because of" it was stated that the usage of "die because of" in general is wrong. For example, "he died

a quote from a previous post M-W's Dictionary of English Usage comments: " From as far back as 1881, there have been varying pronouncements as to which prepositions may be used with which objects after the verb  die .  Sometimes

A job ad (or so I think) was sent through a university listserv to members of the university. It's a position in a law firm. I responded to it by calling them, below is the rough recap of the conversation. "Is this ***, I saw the job ad

Are these two expressions interchangeable ? Or if in fact one is correct, the other incorrect. (a) I wonder if there is a possibility that I can borrow some money from you. (b) I wonder if it is a possibility that I can borrow some money from you.

According to the dictionary, there IS a difference between "in my behalf" and "on my behalf". I wonder if there is any actual difference in the daily usage of these two idioms. Thank you

I wrote a sentence using Microsoft Word, and was told that the grammar was wrong. Can anyone confirm or refute it? My version: "I have been exposed to works ranging from genetics, biochemistry, cell biology to virology"   Word