My mind has been beset by a question for a great many years. Indeed when I studied English at university, I once made a mistake which was not really explained to me by our teacher.
The sentence we had to translate was the following: il était un peu ivrogne = he was something of a drunkard.
If [...]
There are two things worth knowing about the use of the pronoun ‘whom’. Firstly, in modern English usage it’s considered rather formal and old-fashioned, although it does still sometimes appear in academic and official forms of writing. ‘Who’ is the modern equivalent that can be used either formally or informally and in spoken and written [...]
I have doubts about two words which are commonly used. They are ‘I’ and ‘me’. Can you tell me when I should use ‘I’ and when I should use ‘me’?
Well this question about the difference between ‘I’ and ‘me’ is a really good one, because you know, speakers of English as a first language are [...]
They have decided this is necessary in the current economic climate. My question is, could I have said: The Government are… and It has decided…?
We can use singular or plural verbs with many collective nouns, Pamela, and government is one of these. Singular and plural forms are often mixed as are the pronouns that refer [...]
I like to be very thorough with what and how I do things and that’s why I have a question for you guys.
In more than one occasion I ran into phrases like: “here are a few of the more renowned”. My question is related to “the more”. Is it possible in this case? The only [...]
The world is becoming increasingly smaller and smaller. The world’s population is now at six billion. The world’s cities are getting larger and larger. At least two cities, Mexico City and Sao Paulo have almost 30 million inhabitants. In this context, one could say that a gift of land is the greatest gift of all. [...]
Rooms are one of the many important factors in a house. Architectures, when drawing the plan of a house consider these room-factors seriously. When we are buying a house, new or old, we place emphasis on the different types and number of rooms in the house, their conditions, seizes, general orientation and other factors of [...]
The issue that children should help with household tasks is one that is open to debate. On the one hand, some people think that children should not be required to help if there is not need for them to do part of the household tasks. Some people also say that is preferable for children to [...]
Many people believe that a large income equals success. I believe, however, that success is more than how much money you make. Some of those measures of success include fame, respect, and knowledge.
Most people assume that famous people are rich people, but that isn’t always true. For example, someday I would like to be [...]
Sports have always been an unseperatable part of a schoolchild’s life. But does it really do so much good after all? This is the topic we are going to talk about today.
First of all advantages, the most obvious one is probably the effect a moderate amount of exercise has on the child. Experience shows that [...]