In America, we say "I have a crush on her." It means I am attracted to or infatuated with her. I'm sure "have a mash" means the same thing.

The correct versions are "It's he", "It's she", "It's we" and "It's I." Whenever the verb is a form of "to be" (be, am, is, are, was, were, been), the predicate is subjective. That's standard English. Most speakers of the language, however,

Metaphors and similes express similarities between things that are usually very different. I'm sure every language uses this poetic device. Similes are the easiest to spot, since they always contain "like" or "as": "His hair is as greasy as a the

Yes, astronomers should be plural. Motion could be singular, but the plural -- motions -- better describes the variety of movements of the various bodies. Moon and sun, I'm afraid, should be lower case.

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would suggest earplugs for those with whom you sleep." And since I am the pedant, "right" means

We could get into a long, albeit interesting, discussion about prescriptive vs. descriptive rules of grammar and usage. I'll just say that a balanced approach is usually the wisest: a language cannot live without rules, but the rules should be

Do you ever do your own homework? There are four errors: "Starks" should be "stark"; "architectural" should be "architecture"; "united states" should be capitalized; and "wars" should be singular, since there was only one second world war.

"Whom" is gradually being phased out of all but the most formal English. While it's still with us, however, "whom" is the object, and "who" is the subject: "To whom shall I address this?" "With whom are you going?" "Whom did you shoot?" vs.

They are both correct, but neither makes much sense. What does memory have to do with jealousy?