Forum: English Questions 
Sep 23rd, 2015, 07:49 am
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Could I put are in the blank?
-Here we have recordings that __ German accent.
To speak strictly, I think in academic writing be (=are) might be a lazy word, but I think in daily conversation...
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Forum: English Questions
Sep 22nd, 2015, 11:58 am
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Views: 2,852 Re: as well
Excellent answer. Thank you. But by
-"As well" means "too"
Do you think in the first sentence I gave, it's possible to use 'too' to replace 'as well'?(=someone else has stopped, but John did not...
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Forum: English Questions
Sep 19th, 2015, 06:41 am
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Views: 2,852 as well
Do you agree with me?
-John's impulse to do this did not stop as well.(=Someone else's stopped, but John's did not)
-John's impulse to do this did not stop either.(=Someone else's did not stop,...
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Forum: English Questions
Sep 19th, 2015, 06:38 am
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Forum: English Questions
Sep 17th, 2015, 05:33 am
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Views: 2,898 Re: decide
Excellent answer. Thank you. But since you only commented on 'grant', not 'decide', do you agree with me that 'decided' in the above is wrong and 'has decided' is the correct choice?
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Forum: English Questions
Sep 15th, 2015, 04:08 am
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,898 decide
Am I correct?
-John __ to improve his French since then.
-Japan __ granted this status since 1989.
My opinion: decided and was are wrong; and has decided and has been should be used, because of...
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Forum: English Questions
Sep 14th, 2015, 05:38 am
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Replies: 2
Views: 2,590 travel
Could I use travel?
-A majority of people consider this a journey that people should __ alone.
For journey, I know go on/have/make/begin/set out on/resume/complete; though 'travel' sounds all...
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Forum: English Questions
Sep 12th, 2015, 08:56 am
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Forum: English Questions
Sep 10th, 2015, 07:40 am
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Views: 2,694 ignorance
Could I use towards?
-His becoming her subject of obsession was intrigued by his ignorance __ the existence of iphone.
In dictionaries I find only of/about, but towards sounds OK to me.
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Forum: English Questions
Sep 10th, 2015, 03:23 am
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Forum: English Questions
Sep 8th, 2015, 08:54 am
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Views: 2,185 years old
The question of a paper is
-How old was John when he was attacked?
-How many years old was John when he was attacked?
If the answer is 'three', one mark; if 'three years old', no marks. Do you...
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Forum: English Questions
Sep 4th, 2015, 01:06 pm
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Forum: English Questions
Sep 3rd, 2015, 01:00 pm
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Views: 2,314 interpretations
Do agree with me?
-Students have different interpretations __ life.
I think 'towards' gives the impression of hesitation; 'of' would mean they are braver in making interpretations.
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Forum: English Questions
Sep 3rd, 2015, 12:17 pm
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Forum: English Questions
Sep 3rd, 2015, 12:14 pm
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Replies: 4
Views: 2,732 Re: on
Good answer. Thank you.
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Forum: English Questions
Aug 28th, 2015, 01:58 pm
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Replies: 2
Views: 2,397 has/had
Katie James is still alive. Could I use the simple present tense?
-Katie has her first gallery in Japan. The name of it is taken from one of her drawings of Albert Einstein.
1. 'has' sounds OK, but...
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Forum: English Questions
Aug 28th, 2015, 01:45 pm
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Replies: 4
Views: 2,732 Re: on
Good answer. Thank you.
I was thinking about a sentence like this
-The book has an interesting cover. On (not IN) this cover, there is a monster.(=a picture of a monster)
But I think
-There is a...
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Forum: English Questions
Aug 27th, 2015, 02:23 pm
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Forum: English Questions
Aug 26th, 2015, 01:45 pm
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Views: 2,732 on
-There is an alien who is called Einstein __ John's Japanese book.
Does it make any sense if I use on, without any context?
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Forum: English Questions
Aug 26th, 2015, 03:26 am
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Replies: 2
Views: 2,237 clarify
Could I use a person as the object of clarify?
-Kindly be :cool:clarified :cool:that this university is closed.
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Forum: English Questions
Aug 24th, 2015, 02:02 pm
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Forum: English Questions
Aug 24th, 2015, 02:00 pm
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Forum: English Questions
Aug 24th, 2015, 01:58 pm
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Replies: 4
Views: 2,896 Re: wish
Excellent answer. Thank you. I especially like definite-sounding words like 'wrong', which I hope you can use more often in the future.
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Forum: English Questions
Aug 19th, 2015, 03:13 am
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Replies: 2
Views: 2,265 going
-His instructions at each step of Joanna's progress ensured that it was going __ the right direction.
The usual word should be 'in', but could I use 'to'?
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Forum: English Questions
Aug 16th, 2015, 11:35 am
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Replies: 4
Views: 2,896 wish
In informal situations could I write this?
-Let's wish his photos and film survive four years of traveling.
using the bare infinitive rather than the simple past tense.
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