You need to come up with reasons to support your position. Why should the government support the arts?

catch on - understand what is going on. Not quite what you want to say here. Catch every word - to hear or grasp every word. I don't think that's related to him being an effective speaker.

while the first is not. Which example do you mean? Thanks. ETA: Never mind. I reread it and figured it out.

You have two present perfects in #2. Note: since + point A point is a precise moment in time, for example: 9 o'clock, 1st January, Monday. Since means "from a point in the past until now ." Since is normally used with

Are you looking for examples? I suggest you look the words up in the dictionary to see if they're hyphenated. Also, this may help: http://grammartips.homestead.com/hyphens1.html

With a story this short, you may be better off focusing on just the crime scene, with the body and the relatives already there, and the suspect suddenly deciding to kill whoever discovers the truth, right there, in the same place. Just my

Just as other companies in Silicon Valley were suffering a big downturn my company started to lay people off in order to stay in business. I knew I might be shown the door I would be lucky to be the one to stay employed.

For more on "To Whom It May Concern: http://www.englishforums.com/English/ToWhomItMayConcern/cnpjr/post.htm

I suggest you rework your definition of energy. Energy features the ability to provide labor movement to give or raise the temperature. Here are a few links that may help:

I suggest you strengthen your arguments against reality TV.