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You don't need to physically work with somebody, or to be legally related, to say that you work with them. Also, the choice of the adjective ( excited, happy, pleased... ) depends on what you want to express. Alternatively, you can say: - I am very excited about our business relationship because, among other mutual benefits, we can refer our clients to each other.Read More...

Hi, Andrew, Perhaps you should have opened two different threads because your posting above deals with two different questions, the only element in common being the sense of expectation on the part of the reader at some point in the text. Suspense should not be a problem as long as it does not deviate the reader's attention (what Fowler describes as leaving a "false scent"). My advice would be to avoid suspense if a reader other than the writer—who knows what to expect—feels at a loss, for...Read More...

I'm not saying that "do" cannot be placed at the end. I just feel that, with those postmodifiers "in the private sector" and "in the general public," those two sentences flow better as they are.Read More...

That's true! I want to refer to 2020s and 2030s and up to like 2050...maybe beyond...but definitely a period of a few decades.Read More...

Hi, Subhajit, You have to use "within a range of ... / within a range between ... and ... / within a range from ... to ..." You can use "within the range ..." after you have specified what the range consists of. The second sentence should be: - This bomb could destroy everything within a range of 50 meters from where it is dropped .Read More...

Hi, Gustavo, I forgot one thing. Viewing the full context in the old thread (the writer has not yet arrived in Venice), it is more suitable to replace the sentence in question - " It will be like the theater come to life ." with " It will be as if the theater has come to life .", isn't it?Read More...

Hi, Omar Ahmed, The book that provides these model answers uses a kind of oversimplification. However, you are right in all your assumptions. Each question here has more than one correct answer. Your assumptions are correct based on the information mentioned on 'A practical English Grammar'. Here's part of it: 325. B 'Must' used for obligation can remain unchanged. Alternatively it can be reported by 'would have to' or 'had to' . 1. I/we must reported by would have to: 'Would have to' is...Read More...

I agree with Ahmed that both are correct and would like to add that, for practical purposes, both sentences mean the same thing: Everyone is entitled to have an education. The use of "the" may be indicative of the fact that the right in question is well-known, having been, for example, established by law. "The right to education" could then refer to "the right to education as enshrined in the constitution."Read More...

Hi, Subhajit123, If I were to use the past simple, I'd change 'after' to 'since'. After requires a parallel structure. - I have been happy since India won the match. No, it is correct. The match and its time are well known. It is not important to mention the time of the match because it is well known to both the speaker and the addressee. - I am feeling happy now that India won the match (yesterday).Read More...

preferably "food, beverage and other hospitality industries" OR "food and beverage, and other hospitality industries" if you mean to group "food and beverage" as one industry. This is known as The Oxford Comma.Read More...

Hi, Subhajit123, The best form is 'I am well after getting vaccinated / taking the vaccine.' If you want to use one of your three options, go with the one with the present perfect. You can also say, "I have been feeling well since I took the vaccine."Read More...

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Thank you, Gustavo, for confirming what I suspected.Read More...

https://thegrammarexchange.inf...2#706429200810092102 That's it! Thank you very much. <textarea id="BFI_DATA" style="width: 1px; height: 1px; display: none;"></textarea> TRANSLATE with x <input autocomplete="on" id="LanguageMenu_svid" name="LanguageMenu_svid" style="display: none;" type="text" value="en" /> <input autocomplete="on" id="LanguageMenu_textid" name="LanguageMenu_textid" style="display: none;" type="text" /> English Arabic Hebrew Polish Bulgarian Hindi...Read More...

Hi, I have always known a word like "filmmaking", but also saw different variations: "film-making", "film making". By the way, filmmaking is really cool career path. Filmmaking has developed over the years into what the citizens of the United States see today in the form of blockbusters and/or independent films. The art of editing forms the most important part of the post-production part of filmmaking. It is the work of film editors to select and possibly combine numerous shots that...Read More...

Now that you mention it, I guess the use of "than" in those sentences also containing "as" after the adjective is perhaps as strongly grammatical and idiomatic as the use of prepositions following different adjectives and sharing the same object, isn't it?: - Cats are not equal to , but different from , other pets.Read More...

Yes, we can consider them to be embedded questions: We know why Don decided to leave Spain. We don't know when Don will return to Spain.Read More...

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Thanks David! Really helpful. But before I sent this post, I had already suggested to my friends that "had got" could be used in this sentence. However, they said we couldn't for 2 reasons: 1- We can't use 2 verbs in the past perfect in one sentence. 2- The verbs "got out.." and "realized" both happened almost at the same time and, so, the verb "got" can't be used in the past perfect simple, and also "had answered one question wrong " is action number 1 here and must be in the past perfect.Read More...

To add to f6pafd's correct answer, "a cat" is object to the preposition "to" within the phrase "to a cat" that complementizes the head of the subject complement "equal" in the sentence A dog is equal to a cat. "A cat" would be part of the subject if placed before the verb: - A dog and a cat are equal. And it would be an object if placed after a transitive verb. - A dog chases a cat. When a copulative verb such as be is used, the subject and the subject complement are identified with the same...Read More...

Delightfully! I do wonder why I didn't see this alternative way of ordering (b)! Seems so obvious now. As for the reason behind (b)'s ungrammaticality, your explanation is very new to me! I will bear it in mind when I try my hand at such analysis in future... Funny you mention this, because I initially had "is" but then, alas, doubted myself and changed it to "are". Unless you correct me in a further reply, I will assume "is" is proper – and not "are" – because one pays a certain amount and...Read More...

I agree with Gustavo on both counts. As I indicated in this thread , which concerned basically the same sentence, having a parenthetical that separates the verb from its direct object with over twenty words is grotesquely awkward. Regarding the "some versus all" problem, "some" does naturally lead to the "some" interpretation! The statement that he has done some good interviews can mean that some of the interviews that he has done are good. The fact that the same statement can alternatively...Read More...

Thanks! Would COCA let me search something like "government-in-exile" in order to see hyphenation preferences?Read More...

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