Starstuff wrote: "Instead, they have watched the system become deformed over the years by fear of litigation , by insurance costs, by rising competition, by billowing bureaucracy and even by improvements in technology that introduce new risks

Hello DavidR I use the term "self comparison" in the meaning that one compares a person or thing in one occasion with the same person or thing in another occasion. On the other hand, "relative comparison" is to compare a person or thing with

Davidrock65 wrote: I came across some articles in which they don't place THE before adj+est or most + adj. why? I was taught, however, that we should put THE before them. Could u please explain this to me and gimme some examples? (1) Superlative

I mean "in overwhelimingly frequent use" by "overwhelmingly frequently used". paco

Hello Margie I think your analysis is right. As "enjoy" is typically a transitive verb, we cannot parse "being an artist" as an adverbial participle clause. We should parse it rather as a gerundive clause, which is acting as an object of the verb

Starstuff wrote: "I like the teachers of my school". "They have (no the?) evidence of human rights abuses". Why isn't "evidence" also treated as a definite group to which is being referred? (like the teachers of my school) It's "the evidence of

There are some examples in which the speaker seems to be using "S will be going to V" in implicature of "future in future". (EX) Kirk and I are traveling to China tomorrow morning. We will be going to learn about nursing in China with an

Yunus wrote: thanks geek. for instance i have an example about this. I graduated of Istanbul University. I have just been a doctor so that/so i can earn much money. which one is the best choice that should i choose. "So (that)" has two

Soylista wrote: I am confused with this expression, " will be going to + Vb ". eg. I will be going to visit Aunt Carol tomorrow. To me, this expression is sort of redundant. Why do you need to use both "will" and "be+going to"? I somewhat

Candy wrote: Could you please check whether the following sentences are correct? A. I wouldn't do it if the sun were to rise in the west. B. I wouldn't do it if the sun rose in the west. If the sun rose in the west every morning, I would