I wonder if you mean Reldresal, principal secretary (as they style him) for private affairs , to the King of Lilliput. He makes about the longest speech that I can remember in the book, explaining the politics of the court and the difference

This is a common problem for English speakers, not just for learners. The problem is that forms of the two verbs overlap. The two verbs are: To lay, laid, laid. - to place something on something, usually the floor. (Transitive) To lie, lay, lain.

Hello, can someone tell me how to distinguish between real condition and unreal condition? I know that real condition is most likely to be happened, but if we use IF, it's always an unknown, right? Also, I like to know wheather there is a past

A scapegoat is someone you hold responsible for something, who probably isn't responsible for it at all. A fall guy. Now people or societies which make scapegoats out of people, are, in the view of the person speaking, reprehensible. To accuse

I agree with Mr M. It might be worth adding that it's often a euphemism; it appears to be talking about the way someone is constructed, and hence about how they move, how well co-ordinated they are, but more often it's a way of saying that

Cuter means more cute. More cuter is wrong because we already have the comparative idea present in cuter . Much more cute is fine because you can be a lot more cute.

I have a friend who wrote to tell me that her son, Tom, had entered into a 'civil union' with his 'partner', Charles. The son writes to me of 'my partner, Charles'. And the mother refers to Charles 'Tom's

Yes, you can say "And what if it won't?" which means "And what if it's reluctant to?" I think "And what if it doesn't?" is more usual and actually correct here. "And what if it won't?"

I'm not sure I would differentiate between on the request or upon the request - I wouldn't use either: in BE I think it has to be at the request . One possibility we haven't considered so far, I think, is The director has instructed me

As stated and assuming you have to start and leave at 1, I don't believe this is possible. There are very few alternative strategies and the game is quickly analysed.