Oh, it's just like Japanese. We don't usually say ippyaku 一百　which is the norm in Chinese. Thanks!

a hundred meter wire Does "hundred" alone mean " a hundred"? In "a hundred meter wire", does the "a" signify an indefinite article, and not "one"?

One teacher (non native speaker of English) taught me that " that " in (1) modifies "woman", so that the meaning is clearly "She is the only Japanese speaker among the candidates." But that in (2), " who " can modify either "woman" or

(1) I hope to have met him by next year. (2) I hope d to have met him. (I didn't meet him after all.) (3) I hope to have met him at the dance party last week. I think (1) and (2) are possible to say in English but (3) is not. Is it correct?

Hi, Maricon. Welcome! But what a name you chose for HN.

Judging from the gorgeous shrines and temples, it ( ) exciting to have lived in the Heian period. Reading all your posts, I see that you can't choose "should have been" in the above sentence (in the epistemic sense). Why? I'm wondering what

I take it from CalifJim's answer that "should have -p.p." COULD be interpreted as epistemic "should." I don't think we can tell from the following sentence alone what "should have arrived" mean, in the epistemic sense or deontic. Right? Jane

Hi everyone! I learned a lot from you! This forum with great many informative replies is essential for me! Do you never use "should have -p.p." to mean in the epistemic sense? Is it ever used with epistemic sense? Could anyone write a sentence

http://thegrammarexchange.infopop.cc/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/340600179/m/4051027123?r=8911099123#8911099123 I'm reading this thread, and I've read up to Marius's post and the link he gave me. Please allow me to read and post a reply a little later. I

Wow, thanks everyone! ( Everybody does n't fail to be a person whom I appreciate. )