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Use and Misuse / Is the sentence "..." oxymoronic or paradoxical?

« on: February 14, 2011, 12:19:33 AM »

Is this sentence “It's as though there's an unfinished ending to what could have been a great story," oxymoronic or paradoxical?

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Use and Misuse / When do we use "to me" and "for me"?

« on: January 30, 2011, 01:50:06 PM »

When do we use "to me" and "for me"?

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Use and Misuse / What are substantive and attributive clauses?

« on: December 19, 2010, 02:35:27 PM »

What are substantive and attributive clauses? Thanks.

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Use and Misuse / Which one is correct?

« on: October 11, 2010, 07:31:07 PM »

1. Let us go to [a, the] cinema.

2. To my mind, essay is a means of communication using a framework that consists of organization, examples, analogies, relationships, and other elements to help illustrate one's ideas. Can you explain the usage of the two verbs "help and illustrate" in the sentence?

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Use and Misuse / Which is correct?

« on: August 26, 2010, 10:24:34 AM »

Even I, (is/am) very much willing to be corrected but not to be embarrased?

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Use and Misuse / "based on" vs. "based from"

« on: August 04, 2010, 09:59:09 PM »

Are these two "based on" and "based from" interchangeable, if not, which is correct? When do we use "based on" and based from"?

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Use and Misuse / Is this an elliptical sentence?

« on: July 30, 2010, 02:05:46 AM »

On how serious the mistakes are, or whether you are free to correct them, or your mood, or something?

Is this an elliptical sentence? Why? What is an elliptical sentence? What kind of sentence is the statement above? Thanks.

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Use and Misuse / Can we use "watch out" and "look out" interchangeably?

« on: July 19, 2010, 01:48:45 PM »

Can we use "watch out" and "look out" interchangeably? Which situations can we use them? Can we say, "look out" or "watch out" to a person who is about to cross the road when there is a car approaching?

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Use and Misuse / Help...

« on: June 07, 2010, 09:03:38 PM »

Please explain the following statement below and write it into plain and simple English if you can. Thanks.

"The buliding area of one school of MOE school construction project is 5541.12m2, among which the building area of single teaching building with three-story frame structure is 4716.22m2,the buliding area of single one-story gym with sphere structure roof with is 842.9m2."

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Use and Misuse / Why are there no such words like "cleverer and cleverest" ...?

« on: May 25, 2010, 08:17:18 PM »

Why are there no such words like "cleverer and cleverest" in the Merriam-Webster's Dictionary?

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How Good is Your English? / Hello, Sir Joe!

« on: November 09, 2009, 07:35:07 PM »

Are you also going to give us practice tests for BEC and IELTS?  . Abusive, Sky  !

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Use and Misuse / Can we use "too" and "either" interchangeably?

« on: November 06, 2009, 10:48:04 AM »

Can we use "too" and "either" interchangeably?

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Use and Misuse / Which one is correct, "arrive at home," "arrived home," "arrive at my home?."

« on: October 14, 2009, 05:51:07 PM »

Which one is correct, "arrive at home," "arrive home," "arrive at my home?." Would you mind to give some sentences out of the expressions? Thanks!