Hi Clive, Yes, that's fine too, although I'm slightly uneasy about the coupling of "usually take a cab", with "it would take me". If "always" were substituted for "usually" I'd be happier with

Hi again, I usually take a cab home when I leave the office after 10 pm, otherwise it takes me around 2 hours to reach home (at that time). In the sentence above, you could omit 'at that time' and still retain the meaning, but personally

Hi, whether "at that time" is needed depends upon on what the role of 'as' is in the sentence. Do you mean that it would take you two hours to reach home by some other form of public transport, so that's why you usually take

Hi, How about re-wording your passage in a similar way to this; I hope I've interpreted your intentions correctly: There are many "Mobile Dictionary" softwares available on a number of websites, and most of them are free. You can

Hi Chris, Yes, fair point, although I would invariably say: The chain is 8 metres long.. What about you?

Neither, but your second is closer to being correct; it simply needs an indefinite article added: Each light has an 8m long chain.

Hi, They are okay, although expressions such as "a step higher" and "prosperity every year", are very unusual in English language New Year greetings, particularly since the phrases lack a verb..... Anyway.. 新年快乐!

'John where Mary had had had had had had had had had had had the teacher's approval.' Gibberish lies some way beyond punctuation, so I've rearranged your sentence instead..

Hi Newguest, Yes, your interpretation of "since" is correct. As for "playing-wise", the -wise here is a suffix that simply means "in respect to". So, he had been thinking about how he would play his musical

Hi Angliholic, No, I wouldn't say that the verb phrases "stirred up" and "brought about" are direct equivalents; "to stir up" carries the implication of aroused passions, whereas "to bring about"