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Hi, Andrew, Yes, it is. See it here: https://ludwig.guru/s/except+in+the+event+thatRead More...

Hi, Duaiekan, Why don't you give it a shot?Read More...

Firstly, to subhajit123: I apologise for leading you (and me ) astray! Secondly, to David: thank you greatly for this clarification. I have always, shall we say, "warred" with "whether [or not]", and I am relieved to be finally straightening out my understanding of its usage. So, I indeed overlooked a crucial detail when studying Brian McElroy's explanation: in all his examples, we are only dealing with one sentence. This oversight led to my misanalysis. In Brian McElroy's examples, the (a)...Read More...

Yes, Tony, your use of "date" and "time" is correct in that sentence.Read More...

I would use a hyphen there. However, when such an adjectival compound appears in predicative position (i.e., as the subject complement of a linking verb like "be"—"was" is a form of "be"), the hyphen is often not required. I think we may suppose it is the NYT 's policy to drop the hyphen in that circumstance.Read More...

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Ahmed, Gustavo, TheParser and David, thank you so much for your thoughts, opinions and awesome examples. It's been a great help to me. I suppose both versions work, depending on the circumstances and it would require some sort of a judgment call to decide which one works best. Thanks again.Read More...

Thank you for sharing your thoughts, Gustavo! I agree with you and am glad to have sought an outside opinion.Read More...

Hi, Tony, You don't receive sources or types of income, but income from different sources or of different types. I think you should revise the text above as follows so that "received" refers to "income": Our fee depends on the sources of income / types of income that you received/earned during the last financial year. The more the types of income you received/earned e.g. employment income, investment income (dividend, shares) and any foreign-source income, the higher the fee. The relative...Read More...

I don't think the possibility of Zelensky being in Ukraine is ruled out by saying that he is responding to hardline forces within Ukraine. To me, "within Ukraine" seems to modify "hardline forces" rather than specify the place where Zelensky is responding to them: - Zelensky is responding to [hardline forces within Ukraine].Read More...

Hi, Tony, Both are correct. Using one or the other may depend on who is introduced and who that person is introduced to. What do you mean by "we are happy to assist"? We are happy to be of assistance? "Assist" is a transitive verb and should take an object.Read More...

Hi, Andrew, Yes, there should be a "to" before "2022" for "from" to make sense. Otherwise, I think you should say "in 2015-2022." I also think there should be some time reference for the Kashmir ceasefire for the sake of textual balance.Read More...

Gustavo's explanation is very clear. What he meant to say is that there was so much of a coincidence as to arouse comment. (literal interpretation of "too much of a coincidence to avoid comment) People were doubtful about the coincidence; there has to be a reason for that which should be accounted for. If it were merely coincidental, it wouldn't be necessary to explain anything.Read More...

Thank you for the answer. And I appreciate that you understand what I mean. But I think that it is past perfect. Because if you use 'and' in that way, simple past should also be used for 'found.' I remember the morning that I first asked the meaning of the word, “love.” This was before I knew many words. I found a few early violets in the garden and brought them to my teacher. She tried to kiss me: but at that time I did not like to have any one kiss me except my mother. Miss Sullivan put...Read More...

Hi, Andrew, Yes, the absence of the comma can be justified by the fact that "in the book" is an adverbial of place modifying "writes," that is, it is an adverbial within the predicate. In this case, I feel that the comma is at least convenient because "after that" is linking a previous sentence with the current one. Although "after that" is the time of the assumption, you need to place that adverbial at the beginning of the sentence (unlike the previous case, where you could say He writes...Read More...

Thanks a lot AhmedRead More...

Hi, Ahmed Imam Attia, I'd only use a comma with a vocative.Read More...

Dear Gustavo, thanks very much. I got it. Thanks endlessly.Read More...

Thanks a lot DavidRead More...

Or, on the pattern of "steam-driven" and "gasoline-driven" vehicles, perhaps also a car driven (as in internally "propelled"/"powered") by monkeys.Read More...

Thank you for sharing your thoughts, Gustavo. As always, much appreciated.Read More...

Syntactically, it is possible for it to modify either one. Because of the word "such," my natural assumption is that it modifies "every diplomatic avenue."Read More...

It may be worth noting that "as to" is also possible ("As to the exercise aspect"), as well as the very informal "as far as X goes" ("As far as the exercise aspect goes"). Participial synonymns of "Regarding" are "Concerning" and "Touching."Read More...