Milky wrote: Number 2 is correct if the person is still in Paris. I will be puzzled if I hear someone say "I have gone to Paris" when the speaker is still in Paris. paco

Nona The Brit wrote: We do not normally use let in the passive voice. Nona is right. "She let him drive her car" cannot be changed into a passive sentence like "He was let to drive her car". But, somehow, "I was let go from my job" is commoner

I think it's common to take "What would he think of me if I …?" as a second conditional sentence. paco

Kilimanjaro wrote: Hi Paco, As far as know, Mac or Mc is derived from Scottish Tribal names while Au is Irısh, am I right? In that case all of them mean the same thing "son of". See: Evolution of Irish Surnames . paco

Which is better? 1. What would he think of me if he knew I am not a virgin ? 2. What would he think of me if he knew I was not a virgin ? paco

Kilimanjaro wrote: Hi, My question is about those contractions seen in the words such as "o'clock / O'Connor / O'Neil etc" What exactly does "O' " or "o' " stand for there, the apostrophe seemingly, replaces a missing word inbetween O

Anonymous wrote: Um....please excuse my being ignorant. To me "Fishing in the river" is a participle phrase". With all due respect, I am not completely convinced "fishing" as in "I am going fishing" is a gerund. Becasue in my mind, "I am going

Hello CJ Yes, you are right. You can understand the "fishing" is a gerund and the gerund functions syntactically as an adverb to modify "go". It is a tradition of the English language you use often a noun phrase as an adverbial, isn’t it? Actually

Anonymous wrote: Why you look so sad = nominal clause functioning as the subject of the sentence is = copular verb mystery to me = subject complement You correctly parsed "Why you look so sad is mystery to me". paco

Lcwang wrote: Do you consider 'fishing' in the following sentence a gerund or a present participle? I’ll go fishing on the weekend. I think "fishing" is a gerund, because people say #1 rather than #2. I'll go trout fishing on the weekend.