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DocV, Thanks a lot for your time.Read More...

DocV, I am sincerely sorry for the loss you have suffered. I have met similar fate and it took me four years to get my bearings.Read More...

(2) She is beautiful, but she isn't attractive. (3) She is attractive, but she isn't beautiful. Both of those sentences are strange, but I'd say that (3) is much stranger than (2). When the predicates are applied to human beings (holistically applied, not just with respect to certain attributes or traits of theirs), there seems to me to be an entailment relation between attractiveness and beauty which does not hold in reverse. It is asymmetrical. That is why I think that there is no...Read More...

Gustavo, I agree with everything you say here. I particularly appreciate your explanation of why "from" works better than "in". Novice, you wrote "I assume A is correct". I assume that you meant that you assume that (1) is correct. Your indices are all numbers, so there is no (A). I do appreciate your using indices, though, something that was sorely missing in How to ask for help and thank somebody politely Long lists like that are difficult to address without them. Is there any chance you...Read More...

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Hi, DocV, It is really nice to hear from you once again, on the new platform. I wonder how I missed to use the quotation marks. Thanks a lot for all that you pointed out in your post, e.g., the misuse of 'real'.Read More...

Ahmad, As you say: 'Egress' is also an option; however, I am not so sure if it is that commonly used. Phineas Taylor Barnum, a United States politician and showman of the nineteenth century, used to have sideshows at his circuses where various "freaks of nature" and other rarities were shown. There would always be a corridor specially lit up, pointing out where people could go to see the Egress. Since no one had ever seen an Egress before, people would flock to that door, only to find...Read More...

Hi, Fujibei: Welcome to the new platform! It's nice to see you again. Please review our policy on the use of quotations and source material. You have referred to an author's views in a book without telling us which author or which book you are talking about, and you have used two article quotations without using quotation punctuation or telling us which articles they are from. Please take this as constructive criticism. My intention is not to scold you. I agree with the author that "scold"...Read More...

Hi, Subhaji: I agree with you. Both the simple past and the present perfect are possible and grammatical there, but the simple past works better. This is analogous to the use of the definite article to refer to something that has just been introduced with the indefinite article (e.g., "He bought me a doughnut, and the doughnut was very good"). The present perfect, with its indefinite paste-time reference, works well for introducing a past event. Subsequently, that event will naturally be...Read More...

Yes, Hussein. Those features are not available on cell phones.Read More...

Hello, Hert009. This is the first time I see you here, so welcome to the Grammar Exchange! I guess you know the meaning of "exchange," don't you? When people exchange ideas, one expresses a view and another either agrees or disagrees. Your post containing ten questions looks very much like an exercise you are supposed to do for homework, am I right? Rather than just give you the answers (and do the homework for you), we would prefer for you to tell us which you think is the right answer to...Read More...

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Hi, Teata: You're new to the forum, so I will help you out with this question of yours; however, it's important for you to know that discussion topics at the Grammar Exchange should concern particular grammatical topics. They should not be requests for editing assistance. Does that make sense to you? That having been said, I recommend the following revision, on the basis of what I think whoever wrote the sentence is probably trying to say: "The main purpose of the meeting would be for each...Read More...

Thanks David. Your answer is clear and I do understand the difference. I needed a confirmation. Thanks again.Read More...

Thank you for putting your heart into your unpaid work like that. ♥Read More...

Hi David: I forgot to tell you that I had to find a word that has the similar meaning to "posed" from four options. I can't show my gratitude to you because through your explanation, I seem to learn more things than what I ask about.Read More...

Hi, David. When I want to ask someone for help formally and politely (most often in this forum), I often use some structures as below: - Would/Could you do something? - Would you mind doing something? - Would you be kind to do something? When I want to express my gratitude to someone, I often use: - Thank you very much for your help/kindness/explanation - I appreciate your help - It's kind of you to help me. - Many thanks to you. But when I ask too many questions, it seems a little bit...Read More...

Hi, Novice: Please ask about specific examples where you personally find it difficult to differentiate their meaning. ♣Read More...

Hello, Navi, Sentence (1) doesn't work, in my opinion. If it is to mean (b), the first "as" can't be omitted, though a speaker might get away with omitting it in informal speech, i.e., in conversation. It should be "wasn't as tall as." Sentence (2) means (c). Now, if you added a comma after "tall" in (1), the sentence would work: " He wasn't tall, as his brother was ." But the meaning would become (c). You would sacrifice the "wasn't as tall as" meaning altogether. ♣Read More...

Hello, Navi, The more movies, the better. I find all but (3) -- yes, the red sentence -- to be correct and sensible. What you've done with (1) and (2) is fascinating. The first sentence of each is identical, but the meaning is totally different. In (1), the meaning of "He doesn't watch a movie only on Fridays" is that it is not only on Fridays that he watches a movie . In (2), by contrast, the meaning of the same sentence is that it is only on Fridays that he doesn't watch a movie ! The...Read More...

Hi, Ahmad, I agree with you that (3) is incorrect unless "increase" is post-modified. But if you post-modify it with the prepositional phrase "in number," the meaning will not change drastically. Indeed, the semantics will be parallel to that of the others: (3a) Criminals are likely to increase in number in such circumstances. Or you could say: " There is likely to be an increase in the number of criminals under such circumstances ." I prefer that. I even like (4) better than (3a). My point...Read More...

Thank you. Perfectly well understood now.Read More...