August 2020

Hi Gustavo, first of all my apologies for the typo, and second thanks for your reply. I though about them as some kind of conditional, since one sentence is a consequence of the other one. But I couldn't find any specific information related to them. Thanks again for answering my question.Read More...

Hello, Tony—Both (a) and (b) incorrect because they are run-on sentences. Can you spot where the first sentence ends and the second begins in each example? "It might have been doubled up" speaks of a process as having possibly occurred in the past; "it might be doubling up," of a process as possibly occurring now.Read More...

Hi, Toaha—The image you posted was inappropriate (even more inappropriate than your "rape" post from yesterday), so I deleted it.Read More...

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Great job, Gustavo. Just so Nousher is clear about what you've explained, I'd like to clarify that "eating as much chocolate" and "eating chocolate as much" are not different ways of saying the same thing but have totally different meanings. In the second formulation, in which, as Gustavo points out, "as much" is adverbial, "much" can be replaced by "often": " Jim doesn't each chocolate as often as I do. " But this does not work: * " Jim doesn't eat as often chocolate as I do ." In "eat as...Read More...

I still don't like "incredible," and I prefer the original "yet" over "but." I'd also do without "developed": Establishing your communication like never before through easy-to-handle, (yet) cutting-edge technology.Read More...

Hi, Joshua, I'd go for (a) and (e) with a minor addition: a'. Please find my feedback as an attached file. e'. My feedback is enclosed as an attached file. I suggest: f. Please find attached a file with my feedback / Attached you may find a file with my feedback.Read More...

I agree with Gustavo's answer. I see that both are possible and grammatically correct. I feel happy whenever / during the time that I'm with my family.Read More...

Hi, Tony, I'd use what you said at the end, She keeps changing her story . Speaking about the evolution of her explanation sounds like too much.Read More...

Hi, @youknowwhowantstolearn, and welcome to GE. And thank you, Ayman, for your contribution. Both answers are possible (provided that Himel , which is a name, is properly written with a capital letter). With the adjective "important," I think that the present indicative ( completes ) can mean that the person usually completes his tasks (this is something he does, and that is important: (The fact) that he completes his tasks is important ), while the present subjunctive ( complete ) means...Read More...

Yes, I find it to be more idiomatic. I know this search is not 100% accurate but if I google rice the traditional way I get 436,000 results, while I get only 89,800 if I type rice in the traditional way.Read More...

Clear. Thank you very much.Read More...

Hi, Toaha—Rape, as you know, is a sensitive issue. Unless there is a very good reason to take rape as an example in a grammar discussion, it would be better to use less sensitive topics. Soon I hope to post forum guidelines to which we can link members when threads like this get posted. Regarding the sign, I don't think it's well written; the meaning is not obvious to me. The sign's use of English strikes me as nonnative. As to the meaning of "leap ahead," the phrase calls to mind the first...Read More...

Hello, Rasaa960—Your example is a run-on sentence, featuring a comma-splice. Apart from that, the example is correct. The comma must be changed to a period: He has been gone for three hours. I don't know where he is. The sentence "He has been gone for three hours" can be used either in the circumstance in which he has just returned or in the circumstance in which he is still gone. In your example, the sentence carries the latter meaning. Please attend to the mechanical errors I have...Read More...

Thank you David. Yes, I do believe the question could have been written a little better!Read More...

It seems I misused the term, gerund. The title of my question should have been "While" plus present participle OR present participle only." Your second paragraph solves another issue I had thought about: time vs. contrast. Thank you so much for your highly informative explanations and for making my sentence clear! On Tue, Aug 4, 2020 at 8:42 PM The Grammar Exchange < alerts@crowdstack.com > wrote:Read More...

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Ashraful, in (3) you should use "lesson" (see what David explained to you). Also, "taking accounting class" (without an article) is not grammatical.Read More...

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Hello, Navi—In each case, we can't tell whether John can do the job. The meaning can be either that there are others who can do it (in which case John can do the job) or that there are people who are not John (who are other than John ) who can do the job (in which case we can't tell whether John can do it).Read More...

Hello, Navi—Yes, (1) can mean (a) or (b). On meaning (a), Tom saw the accident, too. On meaning (b), we don't know whether he did; maybe he is a news broadcaster standing with five witnesses to the accident. Interestingly, if the sentence used the past tense in the main clause ("With Tom, there were five people who saw the accident"), there would be the additional possibility that all six people saw the accident together. Yes, as before, the "with"-phrase could be a sentence-level adjunct...Read More...