Hi, I enjoyed reading this thread, and learned a lot of new things about English grammar. I'm now OK with partial negation, but are there any rules regarding what Kooyeen raised as a side discussion item? Negation of "A, B, and C" ---> Should

いっぱい助けてもらってうれしいです！Thanks, I'm glad you've helped me a lot! ...by letting he go out alone... Is this also OK?

Does "That should have been interesting." have the same meaning as "That must have been interesting."?

Everybody does n't trust the truth. I know this sentence to mean for example, "John doesn't trust, Mary doesn't trust, Tom doesn't trust." ( Complete negation ) But could the sentence also possibly mean "John doesn't trust, Mary doesn't trust,

When excited, ( ) he often was, he cried loudly. The answer was "which". But isn't "as" as correct as that?

He cannot be a good father to let her go out alone in the dark. Hi. Can we replace "to let" with "letting"? He cannot be a good father letting her go out alone in the dark.

Judging from the gorgeous shrines and temples, it ( ) exciting to have lived in the Heian period. 1. must be 2. must have been 3. should be 4 should have been The correct answer was only 2. To me, all seem to work fine. This question was made by a

I understand what you mean, "acronym" is a temporary name. UN is not an official name for "United Nations." UN is just an acronym, a temporary name for its official name. IBM is an official name. It's named from "International Business Machines,"

This is from Churchill's speech made at 1940/5/13 at the Lower House. Quote: In this crisis I hope I may be pardoned if I do not address the House at any length today. I hope that any of my friends and colleagues, or former