to whar love for that poet began with?
In 'Footnote to a Poem' translated by Barry Rubin is an syntactically unintelligible sentence: Apart from its possible effect on the postman, the line returns both the author and the reader to what...
View ArticleToday, tonight, tomorrow, yesterday, last week.?
Today, tonight, tomorrow, yesterday, weekend, last week, last weekend etc. How does the above words changes the meaning of the sentences when we use them in the beginning of the sentences and at the...
View Articleusage of 'the'?
why is 'the' used when referring to people of Britain, France, China and Japan, i.e; the British, the French, the Japanese, however when referring to people of other nationality it is different for eg,...
View ArticleBelieved/ believing/ would have believed?
Thank you for your timely reminding. I was believed/ believing/ would have believed the cheat. Are they all correct?
View Articlemost striking of all is the thirty-third chapter of The Antiiquary?
A sentence: most striking of all is the thirty-third chapter of The Antiquary If we are comparing different things, we use THE: The most XYZ of ... If we are comparing a thing itself, we don't use the:...
View Articlehow the English language is used?
I know there are many more dialects in Britain than the US, and in England many people say, even not in a present or past hypothetical situation, I WERE, SHE WERE, THEY WAS; with such a big difference...
View Articleword-order?
I don’t know in which cases up/down/out/off/away/etc. [I’m very sorry, I don’t know how they are called, please tell me] belonging to the verb goes after the direct object, and when it remains before...
View ArticleI'd like to know which?
I'd like to know which is proper: Joe is not as tall as Jane or Joes is not so tall as Jane
View Articlein my time I have heard...?
In 'Religion and Rocketry' is a sentence: In my time I have heard two quite different arguments against my religion put forward in the name of science. The writer clearly refers to the days before, and...
View Articlewhomsoever with?
A sentence from 'Catastrophes in the air': Whatever ax, and whomsoever with, people of this sort want to grind, the real point is that religious humanism is indeed a lagacy. No need to explain the...
View Articleno, every, some?
When does the noun following the indefinite pronoun "some" plural or singular? I heard that the noun following "some" is plural when it is countable and singular when it is uncountable, is this true?...
View ArticlePreposition 'On'?
The choice of the preposition 'on' seems weird in this: "Each topic page collects all the news, reference and archival information, photos, graphics, audio and video files published on topics ranging...
View ArticleWhich sentence sounds more natural?
Which sentence would a native speaker choose among these two (in terms of verb placement and preposition "of/for" usage)? 1) New methods of producing track membranes ensuring efficiency and high...
View Articlearticle + adjective + uncounterble noun?
1. a delicious candy 2. a pretty plastic Q) Do we use an article even in this structure?; an article + an adjective + an uncounterble noun(like plastic in #2) [If my example is inappropriate, please...
View ArticleLetter to a new friend?
Hi, This is Shannie, we met on the flight from LAX to Incheon, Seoul about a week ago. I didn't expect you to give me your real email address, because you said you had a girlfriend and seemed a bit...
View Articlethat?
I thought that I should give it a shot anyway, so I emailed you with my yahoo account that I only use for personal emails. Is this sentence okay? Thanks!
View Articlewent with Tolstoy?
In 'Catastrophes in the air' is a sentence: Save for Lev Shestov, a literary critic and philosopher, Russian prose went with Tolstoy, only too glad to spare itself climbing the heights of Dostoevsky's...
View Articlewas/it'd?
I was thinking of going in the summer, but I'm not sure if it'll be safe. I was thinking of going in the summer, but I'm not sure if it'd be safe. Should I be consistent and stick to the same tenses?...
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