Hi, 1. -- Kotkin is Presidential Fellow in Urban Futures at Chapman University in Orange, California. -- "Presidential Fellow" -- Does it mean that he is the dean?/chairperson?/director? of the department of "Urban Futures"? 2.

Hi, Barbara. "She doesn't have a lot to say." Would it also mean that she did say something, but many were left unsaid?

Hi, I am not sure if the question of this post belongs here...but I cannot find a subdivision which is about conversation English. Someone: May I speak to Jennifer? Me: If I was working as a telephone operator in a company, and there were many

Hi, Given the definition of this phrase... not have a ... bone in your body to have none of the quality mentioned: She was honest and hard-working, and didn’t have an unkind bone in her body. bone - Definition from Oxford Advanced Learner's

Avangi, your experience is hilarious. - Go fly a kite. - Go take a hike. Which is ruder than the other?

Hi, Can I substitute "country holiday" for "national holiday"? - Independence Day is a national holiday in the US. - Independence Day is a country holiday in the US. Would it read odd? --- At Luc, in Provence, upon the 1st of

Hi, Mr. Micawber. With respect to what you said, the national holiday(s) refer to the previously-mentioned holiday(s). Given it is just a sentence without surrounding context, would you mark them as correct?

Hi, A test question asks students to translate a Chinese sentence into English. The given answer is -- People don't have to work and go to school on national holidays. Are these two permissible? -- People don't have to work and go to

Aloha, Is there a forum jargon 1) for someone who frequents often 2) for a posting which, popping out sporadically, contains the same content or the same question and might be annoying 3) for someone who always protests Best Wishes

Hello, that's quick. Is there an informal way to say it? The Chinese phrase is very informal, so I'd like a word in English matching the register. =)