My grammar book says that this structure : may/might...but is used to say that something is true but that makes no difference to the main argument. Some examples from the book...
Hello sir, Would you be so kind to tell me which grammatical structure I should use ? The scene is I am talking to my friend over phone to ask him whether he reached home or...
Hello , I want to ask you a question. 1) She walked out of the room, leaving her phone behind. In the sentence above , the person did two actions, one is "walking out...
He couldn't get his designs manufactured . I think that the whole predicate in the sentence above is a catenative construction. Am I correct? ...
Hello, Can you explain the present participle "lacking" in the sentence below? 1) Flowers wilted , lacking water. 2) Lacking water, flowers wilted . What is the difference...
The police have opened investigations into Mr Lee Hsien Yang and his wife Lee Suet Fern for potential offences of giving false evidence in judicial proceedings, Senior Minister...
This is a part of a script I'm writing. The first scene takes place outside the house, while the second takes place inside the house. Are 'come' and 'get' equally okay to...
Hello, teachers! I learned about cannot help + noun cannot help -ing cannot help but + bare infinitive cannot choose but + bare infinitive have no choice but to-infinitive...
Hi. Can well-attended serve as a synonym for well-maintained ? For example: The hotel is surrounded by a well-attended (that is, well-maintained) park. Thanks. ...
Add consult-notes, a package for searching through notes. Context: I have a package installed in a text editor which allows me to search notes. It's an extension for the text...
Hi teachers, What is the meaning of "echo" in the following sentence? They are more likely as learning examples, where one might want to echo basically the whole question....
The man ..... in the corner is myboss.O whoseO sitsO sittingO is sitting
Someone who has done something that has attracted the public and a lot of people become interested in it. What is the verb to use? 1. His action attracts the public? (Sound strange...
Hi I think we do not use "so" without mentioning the extent to which we describe something or someone. Am I correct? 1. She is so tired that she went to bed as soon as she reached...
I want to state an opinion: My grammar book says: Must : Deduction ( deciding that something is certain) - > I think that when using must for a deduction, the speaker is certain...
Hello, teachers! He knew he had benefited greatly from the esteem in which his master, Chatree, was held. (o) He knew he had benefited greatly from the esteem where his...
A student had to write a paragraph about different strategies for learning English. For her second strategy she wrote the following: "Second, depending on the goals she needs...
Hi. I'm writing a script. Two questions: 1) Would you write 'Joel does bench presses' or just 'Joel bench presses'? 2) Is 'takes a drink' okay here or would you write something...
Hello, everyone, ’ Advanced Grammar in Use ’, Unit 116 Instead of using a that -clause, wh -clause, to -infinitive clause, or if -clause as the subject of the sentence, we...
a. I had him wait at the gate. b. I got him to wait at the gate. c. I made him wait at the gate. I'd like to see whether or not his waiting at the gate is an established...
"He takes any ordinary object of use, even a urinal, and by introducing it into a museum, he forces it to present itself as a work of art... What happened later is that a gang...
Good day,i want to send a letter for our HR to request my abbual leave pay for an emergency for my delivery how can i send message in pharagraph
Hello sir, I want to ask you a question. 1) Putting down my newspaper, I walked over to the window. 2) I walked over to the window, putting down my newspaper. What is the difference...
Suppose that you are showing your friend a postage stamp. This is what you are going to tell him. (1a) I say, "This is the first stamp I ever got." (1b) I say, "This was ...
Longman dictionary says that I can use both "I would think" and "I would have thought" to state my opinion Can I use one of these terms to express my opinion in the present and...