Clive wrote: 2/If I don't want to use raised , can I use increased ? If not, why? Exploited, raised and increased all seem like unnatural verbs here. It is meaningless to 'exploit and raise a ton of products'. Was this paragraph written by

I've always kind of wondered whether what we call "English muffins" in the US would be recognized by someone from England as being English (and whether they're also called English muffins in England).

Hi Manicku 1) Other than the fact that one is the simple present tense and the other is present continuous tense, the main difference to me is that " I'm looking forward to " sounds a little friendlier and " I look forward to " sounds a

Hi Yoong Liat I come from the East Coast of the US and "as from" sounds like an error to me, too. I'd also use "as of". I guess "as from" must be a British specialty.

I agree with the native speakers: Have any of you faxed this document?

That's an interesting sentence. But I'd say undoing the inversion is somewhat less complicated: Series of splendidly bound volumes entitled "Skinner's Works" were prominent among the most prominent upon the most prominent shelf .

It's probably worth noting, Quoc, that the words "attractive big old" are adjectives that describe "opinion, size and age". The order for "opinion, size and age" adjectives rarely changes. The order of some other types of adjectives may

A little morbid, but you could add to the sentence this way: Tony's wife of two weeks nearly drowned when she visited her cousin at the beach. (Or are you really supposed to separate "wife" and "of two weeks"?)

Hi Quoc I would say something like this instead: The messengers were ten young Australian volunteers. Generally speaking, you probably shouldn't try to use more than two or three adjectives with a noun. There are usually other

Do you mean horse , Quoc? You should write: This is a large old furnished house. (No commas in between different types of adjectives in a series)