The simplest one, thus far, is the "Australian Concise Oxford Dictionary", pg 545, listing Fond as: "fond adj. 1 (foll. by of)...Read More...

Hello, Hs12. Welcome to the Grammar Exchange and Happy Easter! Generally, "those" refers to things that come before. It would have been better to say, "Are these sentences correct?," because you are talking about sentences that you are about to mention. The example sentences you have written are very strange, but they are grammatically correct. What context do you have in mind for them? Here are more natural sentences: I have a friend whose car needs gas. I have a friend whose car is in need...Read More...

Hi, Ansonman, Both (1a) and (1b) are correct. You can add "he" after "life" or not. It's your choice. The sentence is correct either way. Sentence (1a) has one independent clause, and (1b) has two. Sentence (1a) is the following sentence with the "throughout"-phrase re-positioned: (1a') He was weak and suffered from many illnesses throughout his adult life. As you can see, "throughout his adult life" is adverbial modifying the verb phrase "suffered from many illnesses." It modifies that verb...Read More...

Hi, Ansonman, Yes, all six sentences are perfectly correct. Moreover, the sentences your friends said sound wrong sound perfectly fine.Read More...

Hello, HS12, and welcome to the Grammar Exchange! Your sentence: is totally ungrammatical. "than" needs to appear after the adjective in comparative degree. If you want to use a relative, you can choose one of these: - I have a friend whose English is not as good as my father's. - I have a friend who doesn't speak English as well as my father (does).Read More...

Grammatically speaking, it is true that "if you want to be fluent in this language" refers to "should learn English words." However, from a semantic point of view, if you take out the parenthetical "as many as you can" (which is correctly set off by commas and, being parenthetical, should allow for its elimination without a significant change of meaning), the sentence is too obvious to be good: - You, as a non-native English speaker, should learn English words if you want to be fluent in...Read More...

Hi, Emad Ragheb, "some of" is a partitive and needs to be followed by a noun phrase: some of his comments, some of his ideas, etc. "what" is a nominal relative pronoun, meaning "the things that," so that is what you need: - I'll tell you some of what (= the things that) he has said.Read More...

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Hello, Quangco123, and welcome to the Grammar Exchange! Phrasal verbs don't need to be mutually exclusive. In fact, some of them are similar in meaning and can be used in the same sentences. Let's compare some examples with "fall down" and "fall through" from the Corpus: - Technically he is excellent but you have noticed that he is falling down on the supervisory aspects of his job. - The attorney general is supposed to act only when the law enforcement is falling down or broken down in a...Read More...

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I agree that Swan's advice there provides no justification for using the present perfect in the answer to the quiz question you have presented. The speaker comments on the bruises. That something has happened which caused the bruises is part of the context. The speaker is wondering what happened .Read More...

Hello, Hailey, and welcome to the Grammar Exchange! That isn't a very kind thing to say about oneself. From a grammatical standpoint, the sentence wants a comma (or, in speech, an intonation break or slight pause) before "clearly." Alternatively, you could place "clearly" at the beginning or in the middle. It is a sentence-level adverbial modifying the proposition "I'm oblivious." It is clear that I'm oblivious. Clearly, I'm oblivious. I'm clearly oblivious. I'm oblivious, clearly.Read More...

Ahmed_btm (and to this day I still have no idea what "btm" means) wrote: My dear friend Ahmed, I believe you meant to write " whom we miss on this forum", and for what it's worth, the name is DocV, not DOCV. There still appear to be formatting issues that are beyond David's control, or mine. I apologize to you, sir, and to my dear friend David, and to Gustavo, and to certain other members. Tara certainly comes to mind. There are others. I say to you all, I beg your pardon. Some of you might...Read More...

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Hi, Rasha Assem, This question has been discussed here: https://thegrammarexchange.inf...0#590866539123703210Read More...

Oh, very good, Ahmed. Thanks for clarifying. Now I fully agree with you, too.Read More...

Hi, Azz, Sentence (a) can mean (2), (3), or (4). It is context that will make the difference. Sentence (b) can mean (1). For meaning (2), however, you could say: (2b) He played tennis just as his father did.Read More...

Hi, Azz, Here is my solution set. Please note that (e) and (f) repeat (c) and (d), respectively. (a) --> (1) and (3), and (4) at a stretch (b) --> (2) and (4), and (1) at a stretch (c)/(e) and (d)/(f) --> (1) and (4)Read More...

Hi, Kis, Yes, they are both correct. The singular represents the 570 acres as one piece of land. The plural represents the 570 acres as 570 individual units of land.Read More...

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Hello, Nico, and welcome to the Grammar Exchange! "Were" is the verb that is needed, and you should say "one red card." It is ungrammatical to say * one red cards . "Two yellow and one red card" means "Two yellow [ cards ] and one yellow card." That is a plural noun phrase. We use plural verbs with plural subjects in English.Read More...

Hi, Gustavo, I see my folly now. Thanks a lot.Read More...

Hi David, thank you very much again for your help.Read More...

Hello, Emad, I agree with Ahmed_btm that the best choice is "one's," and it is not listed. In old-fashioned English, "his" was used as a generic singular pronoun. In modern feminist English, "her" can be used as a generic singular pronoun. If you use "his" or "her," however, you must change "jobs" to "job." Indeed, you need to change "jobs" to "job" even if you use "one's": One should do one's job well.Read More...

It's largely a matter of native idiomatic preference, Kis; however, if "this way" is functioning as a stand-alone noun phrase -- one which cannot be analyzed as a reduced prepositional phrase (i.e. as a reduced version of "in this way") -- then it is not possible to use "in this way" instead. This is the situation when, for example, "this way" is the subject of a sentence: This way is a good way to go. * In this way is a good way to go.Read More...

I agree with Ahmed. In addition to those two options, you have these three: This is the flat I live in. This is the flat in which I live. This is the flat where I live.Read More...

Hello, Emad, The "that"-clause relates to "so." As a result of there being a lot of people there, you didn't know who was doing what. "Who was doing what" is an embedded question with two wh-elements and is functioning as the object of "didn't know." You didn't know the answer to the question "Who is doing what?" (i.e., Who is doing this?, Who is doing that?, etc.). Q: Who is doing what? I can't tell. / I can't tell who is doing what. A: John is shaking Mark's hand. Joan is setting the...Read More...

Hello, Emad, The past perfect is the correct choice in that sentence. To see this, it may help you to see the sentence with the "when"-clause fronted: When he died, in 2000, I had known him for ten years. I have set off "in 2000" with commas because the phrase is nonrestrictive. He only died once, and that was in 2000.Read More...

Hi, Freeguy, That question is not natural. I'm assuming that the time of the walk is to be in the fairly immediate future. Your other questions are OK, but "Will you come with us?" is a request, whereas "Do you want to come with us?" is a friendly invitation. Here's what I would use: We're going for a walk. Would you like to come with us?Read More...

@Hussein Hassan , thanks a million.Read More...

Hi, Ramadan Mohammed, and welcome to our forum. Hussein's answer is very good. Another preposition you can use with the gerund is "by," but the meaning will be different: I'll help you by cleaning the hall. Unlike the other sentences Hussein provided, this does not mean that "I" and "you" will clean the hall together. Instead, "you" will clean the hall by him/herself and will thus help "I," who will be devoted to some other task.Read More...

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It is already used in our book as an MCQ! It is the first question written on the page you attached! The question is mentioned with its model answer circled in blue. It is mentioned three times in the same unit, so there is no way to choose 'won't discover' here.Read More...

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Thanks David! Yes, I don't think that the problem is on "OK" but rather in "yes" itself! There was an opinion saying that we should use a coordinating conjunction instead of "yes" especially they didn't mention speaker A or B. So it is considered as rhetorical sentence! I still don't get it!Read More...

Hi, Freeguy, I agree with Sarah that both are correct. Although it is possible to say, "Whom was that book written by?," most people would not say that, because it sounds stiltedly formal. So it would be silly to say that the version with "who," which almost everyone would use instead, is incorrect. On the contrary, it's fine. Why not use the active voice? You could simply say: " Who wrote that book? "Read More...

Hi David, I have some more questions as follows: 1. Do you mean that 'very much' doesn't mean "he truly is a loner," or "The category of loner completely fits him"? 2. Is 'out-and-out' only used in a negative way? 3. When you describe someone is a loner, Doesn't it mean he or she is truly a loner? Thank you very much for your help.Read More...

Hello, Kyle, and welcome to the Grammar Exchange! Thank you for sharing your love letter with us. I hope it's successful. Unfortunately, it does contain some grammatical errors (mainly errors of punctuation, but some errors of other types), and we don't edit things for people at this site. If you have a grammatical question about one of the sentences, try to identify what it is about the grammar that troubles you. Then you can start a discussion thread related to that specific question and...Read More...