Okay, I'll tell you; yizhivika is my transliteration of the Russian word for blackberry, i.e. ежевика.......

Ah, so Raluca's a Romanian name, then; I was wondering .. Anyway, in a spirit of helpfulness, here's some further fine-tuning to your generally excellent English: English is not my native language, I am from Romania, but I have always

Hi Vincent, All three versions are grammatically correct, and shiver(s) is often used for cold weather trembling..

True, Clive, but "in the month of May" has a certain poetic 'je ne sais quoi'..

Hi Raluca, Forgive me for making a couple of minor corrections to the following: And just to help you more about with your E nglish , here are my corrections to your above statements:

Hi Vincent, You can say both, They sang a song for me in at the party. and They sang a song to me in at the party. but they might mean different things; if they sang "Happy Birthday to you...etc...", they'd be singing to you. If they

Hi Nouran, For a non-native speaker of English, this is an impressive piece of writing, and one that shows a sometimes dizzyingly high level of self-belief. However, I'm struck by a lack of attention to detail at times, with sloppy

Dear Mick, Thank you for your email. If t he Internet ( Service) P rovider don’t doesn't offer a networking setup, I am happy to do so . I think a WI-FI network would be suitable for this Internet training. I know how to configure it. We need

Hi Eff, Yes, you're right, transfer would normally only be used for a short (often very short) journey from one form of transport or location to another. Transport is a general term that can include buses, coaches, taxis, trains, and even

Hi Eff, There are very probably differences between American English and British English usage here. From your previous posts, I gather you have a passion for Scotland, so this answer is from a UK perspective. In the UK, we'd usually talk of