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- Thread: was went - englishpage. net
If all three are possible, what's the difference between them? 1) A young mouse said " If a small bell were tied around her neck on a string, we would always know if the cat was neargy, and we could easily hide until she went away "
- who vs whom - englishpage. net
Here are three ways you can use relative pronoun who whom 1 When the relative pronoun becomes a subject of the relative (adjective) clause you use who:"John is the only one who understands me" 2 When the relative pronoun becomes an object of the relative (adjective) clause you can use either who or whom
- article before night
Night: are these all correct? 1 On the night of January 1, we will gather in my backyard to watch the night sky 2 It is chilly at night in the winter in northern China 3 We were scared because we heard voices in the night Is "in the night" = at night?
- phonetic - t sound
I have a pronunciation question, hope you all give me a hand When pronouncing t sound at the end of the word (like the point p [oi ]nt ), should I pronounce it as if it is in the front (like the t in t [au]n )? It seems the sonud t appears to be t with a bit of s sound, a bit How do I indicate phonetically what occurence is that?
- Thread: a lot of it is uninteresting - englishpage. net
In this case, it seems unlikely to me that the speaker intended to say that all modern art is the work of charlatans, but that fact makes only a fraction of it ("a lot of it") uninteresting
- Is the possessive case right? - englishpage. net
Police is a collective noun, always treated as plural Therefore, is doesn't form its own plural (polices), and it doesn't accept possessive well, probably because of the jarring sound that resembles the plural (police's) It does much better as an adjective: the police station, the police car; but not two polices or the police's doughnuts
- Thread: adverb plus will vs will plus adverb - englishpage. net
2 I will also buy some pens and notebooks (this is the way I construct sentences like this, is it ok?? 3 I always will love you ( I just copied it from no 1 ) 4 I will always love you ( that's what I've heard from a song are there any differences of emphasis here in no 3 and 4 ??) Thank you all! Last edited by mayumee; 12-25-2009 at 12:
- Irelands beauty the beauty of Ireland - englishpage. net
Hello I have read in a grammar book that Often we can use the possessive 's or of + noun with very little difference in meaning: - Ireland's beauty the beauty of Ireland What is that liitle difference in meaning? I would be grateful for your help
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