Mmm, how about: 1. Reading fiction while listening music is a joyful thing. (gerund as a noun) 2. It's a joyful thing to read fiction while listening music. (ok, anticipatory "it")

Inchoateknowledge wrote: Thanks to you, et alia , I am sure I will never forget the correct use of substitute. Incho, this is a misuse of a latin expression! ' et alia' means 'and other things.' You should have used ' et alii,'

Of course I do ! I'm It ali an !!! (Margherita, by the way).

Not a linguist, but I agree with Alienvoord. Moreover, also in Sardinian (a language spoken in a particular region of Italy, considered to be one of the few still-spoken language closest to Latin) the plural is formed by adding -s, both for

FROM: Oxford advanced learner's compass: "check into = to arrive at a hotel or private hospital to begin your stay there: He checked into a top London clinic yesterday for an operation on his knee. "

Do they have a different register? I mean, to me "get in" seems to be very informal. I'd be surprised to come across it in a biography. Or maybe am I wrong?

Since nobody anwered this question in another post of mine ( http://www.englishforums.com/English/PunctuationAcademicPresentations-BulletPointLists/dzjxz/Post.htm ) , I thought I'd better start a new thread. "I googled "nature reserves" and

I see. Maybe moderators could add a section to the forum, something like " a matter of style " , couldn't they?

Really helpful, thank you very much! Hope someone else will have their say about "natural\nature" reserve. Meanwhile, I'll change it.