All Forum Topics

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...

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

Possibly the term you're looking for is 'test paper'. I have a test paper for the exam. It contains a few pages. ~ ~ ~ Example sentences below are from > https://eng.ichacha.net/zaoju/test%20paper.html The Entrance Test Paper will have 175 Objective Type Questions with Multiple Choice Answers. In exams, test papers are university entrance questions. ~ ~ ~ Definitions are from > https://www.thefreedictionary.com/test+paper test paper Also found in: Thesaurus , Medical , Legal ,...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...

It may have become popular from 1975 onward due to this song. Song: My Way or Hit the Highway Artist: Jill 'Baby' Love Label: Black Magic ‎– BM 116 Format: Vinyl , 7", 45 RPM, Single Country: UK Released: 1975 Youtube Video > My Way or Hit the Highway, by Jill 'Baby' Love > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shedRHSLNNM Youtube Video > My Way, by Limp Bizkit, uses this same phrase and this song was released in 2000 _* Note* Song has vastly different lyrics than the one above > ...Read More...

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

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

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

Thanks a lot David and GustavoRead 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, 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...

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, 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...

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...

Thank you Mr DavidRead More...

Thank you a lotRead More...