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Hi, MNHD, Both "one" and "whom" are pronouns, but "whom" is a relative pronoun whose antecedent is "the one." "One" substitutes for a noun that must be in the context (for example, "guy"), and "whom" refers to that noun: - He is the guy whom I like ⇒ He is the one whom I like.Read More...

Dear Gustavo, Thank you for your time and explanation!! This was very helpful!Read More...

It's nice to hear you are from Argentina. So am I Thank you so much for including the source. That always helps. The Buenos Aires Herald article you have been provided with dates from 1995 and, back in those years, that paper used to be very well written. Even though the author seems to be a native British speaker, I still find the term "mechanism" strange. Notice that at the end the term "processes," which is more suitable in my opinion, is used. I will transcribe the whole paragraph for...Read More...

Yes. According to Michael Swan 3rd edition, page 519: In British English, singular words like family, team, government, which refer to groups of people, can have either singular or plural verbs and pronouns. The team is/are going to lose. Plural forms are common when the group is seen as a collection of people doing personal things like deciding, hoping or wanting. Singular forms are more common when the group is seen as an impersonal unit. - My firm are wonderful. They do all they can for...Read More...

I got it, thanks alot!Read More...

Hi, Toaha, Sentence (1) does not sound right. Perhaps you want to say: 3) I consider / regard him as an aristocrat.Read More...

'Just now' can be used with the present perfect, but this usage isn't included in our exams. In our exams, we either go with the past simple or the present progressive. According to Michael Swan, 3rd edition, page '288': When just now means 'a few moments ago', two positions are possible: a) in end-position, usually with a past tense. - I telephoned Ann just now. b) in mid-position (see 24) with the verb, with a present perfect or past tense. - I ('ve) just now realised what I need to do.Read More...

Hi, Ahmed, Talking bout 'the spread of peace' leads me to ' diplomats '.Read More...

Would this structure work instead? : Where is your mom? the apples she has bought are fantastic Yes, she's fast asleep now, she has been shopping the whole day Or She's not around, she has gone shopping since morningRead More...

Thank you David for your prompt and very helpful response.Read More...

Hi, Schianu—(2) is ungrammatical; it should be "has sensed," not "has sense." Apart from that, the "that"-clause can have either tense. The difference in meaning is so negligible here that it is not worth splitting hairs about.Read More...

Where do these sentences come from, Toaha? Have you checked a dictionary?Read More...

Hi, Ilko—The sentence is correct, except for three things: "breakdown" is one word (assuming you want to use the noun—if you want the phrasal verb, "break down" is OK), the sentence should begin with a capital letter, and there should not be a space separating the final letter from the period.Read More...

Hi, Toaha—"I want him arrested" is most naturally interpreted as meaning the same thing as "I want him to be arrested," though at least one other interpretation (which need not be gone into) is possible. "I want him to get arrested" can mean the same thing as "I want him (to be) arrested"; however, with the "get" passive, there is a slight sense that it will be his fault. Compare: "I want him to get himself arrested ." "I want him being arrested ," while not necessarily ungrammatical, is not...Read More...

Then, you could say exactly that: - Please provide a breakdown of the said amounts distributed by each trust.Read More...

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Thank you very much. have a good day.Read More...

You can say " I slept throughout the movie " and " I slept throughout my class ," but not ?? " I slept throughout the alarm "—unless the phrase "the alarm" will be understood in context as referring to a specific alarm that predictably lasts for a certain predictable period of time, like a movie or a class. Normally, "I slept through my alarm" just means that the speaker didn't wake up or get up when his alarm went off. It need not imply that the alarm sounded for the full period of time...Read More...

Hi, Cristi—The phrase with "the" is ungrammatical. You can either say " on 1 January 2000 " or " on the first day of January in the year two thousand ."Read More...

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Both expressions are OK. "The" is optional and changes the meaning very little.Read More...

Hi, Toaha—The second sentence of that example is not a sentence. It could be integrated with the first, but I would revise the wording of the second sentence, doing away with "ending" without using "end" instead: The house was too small for everyone to eat together, so they ate dinner in shifts—first the children, then the men, and finally the women. The house was too small for everyone to eat together, so they ate dinner in shifts—the children first, followed by the men and then the women.Read More...

You don't need to use the plural to refer to the total amount. Actually, "the amounts of $100K" sounds as if you received different amounts of $100K each.Read More...

Yes. You may find "for the purpose of ..." when followed by one specific purpose, for example: "for the purpose of meeting this requirement ..."Read More...