I always am puzzled at phrases like "We are the same age", "You are my age" or "people my age". It seems true a phrase like "We are of the same age" is now getting obsolete at least in the spoken English, but to me, an expression implying "persons

RRJohnson wrote: Google is probably a good way to see how most people write English as opposed to how they're supposed to write English. Just know that there is plenty of bad grammar out there with plenty of improper word use (e.g. They're,

RRJohnson wrote: You can't just do a search in Google and accept the count as the true result. For example if I search on the following: " Do you have any pet?", I get a results that include " Do you have any pet frogs?" or " Do you have any pet

Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993. expatriate (adj., n., v.), expatriot (n.) Expatriate is the Standard spelling of the noun meaning "someone either excluded from or self-exiled from the native land,"

ever less likely to V = less likely to V than before If such a tremendous number of young people are lost due to the disease, our nation will become ever less likely to develop economically.

I, as a Buddhist, believe the bat is not a bird but a mammal, but, if you are a Christian, you might be allowed to believe the bat is a bird, because the Holy Bible classifies the bat as a bird you cannot eat. "These, moreover, you shall detest

I had no intention to say what Milky had said was wrong. What we have to tell the questioner as a grammar rule is : T he ' WH-word' cannot be the subject of ' to V' in infinitival phrases in the form of ' WH-word to V' . . So which norms to be

Hello Diamond According to my E-J dictionary, "deny" can be followed by a <that> clauses but not by a <WH-word> clause. On the other hand, "confirm" can take both <that> and <WH-word> clauses as its object. As far as I

MyShirley wrote: You can decide which norms to be used. You can decide which norms to use. Which one is correct? "You can decide which norms to use" is correct. paco

Redkiddy wrote: 1. My sister had done the house......antique gold just before antique gold became the most popular color.......drapes and rugs. a) of /of b) on /from c) over /into d) in /for e) by / in I said a is that true? not sure