Hello, welcome, make yourself at home. In my opinion, "I ask you a question" is by far the most easily understood way to say this. "Ask a question of/to you" seems really awkward to me, however, I cannot mount an argument against them. "I

I would use a comma on that one, since the "solid proof" part doesn't stand on it's own. In other words, if you can't use a period (full stop) then you can't use a semi-colon. There is one exception that I can think of (and I think you

Idioms are peculiar. Even if one knows all the words that make one up, the meaning must be learned. That is, understanding the meanings of "get" and "along" individually does not really help in deciphering that "get along" can mean "to be

You can provide something for someone. You can provide someone with something. But, I've never heard of providing something to someone. Then again, it's only a preposition.

I could give you one answer and someone else could give you another. However, both would be useless in backing you up. You should talk to a lawyer or other expert.

There is a mistake. Keep in mind that the sentence has to make sense with the colon removed and one element of the list. Corrections are below in CAPS: "The ONE thing I like to do on vacation IS swimING in the ocean." So, if we ignore

1) is passive voice. 2) is active voice. (Also, "in Germany" could be placed better) If "it" is the most important thing, use 1. If Knoll and Ruska are more important than "it", use 2.

I've seen hyphens used in this way before. To me, it seems fine.

Thanks Mike. That's certainly true. John C.: I'm not trying to mislead ESL students. My point is that enough people consider "funner" and "funnest" words to have them appear in at least one dictionary. They may be American or informal or

Here's my reasoning against having the "the". John behaves more politely than Alex. ... Of the two, John behaves more politely. ... John behaves more politely of the two. I don't know why we'd need to put a "the" in there. It must surely