Sep 25, 2010 · The rules of English grammar are the very reason why such "strange things" happen in the first place. Now, whether or not you actually end up using a double "that" or rewording it, is a different question.

Jun 18, 2014 · I sent an email to confirm my meeting with a person which specified time, date, place, and building on the email like below: I would like to meet you at 5pm this Sunday in KFC on the first floor ...

Is it grammatically correct to sequence paragraphs using First, Second, Third, and Finally? If not, is there a good word that replaces Finally? Starting a paragraph with Final doesn't sound corre...

Dec 20, 2016 · I used the book Understanding and Using English Grammar by Betty Schrampfer Azar when teaching English throughout the 1990s, mostly for its clear and simplified verb tense diagrams which explain when to use the present progressive, past perfect, present tense, etc.

1. is correct. 2. What would you do if we found life on Mars? or What will you do if we find life on Mars? see "Usage of “would” and “will”"; 3. He hasn't found out the secret (yet), (present perfect is have/+past participle). For still and yet see here.

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Aug 12, 2013 · According to my grammar book, here are some usages of was able to and could could can be used to refer in general that someone has a skill. e.g. At that time I could still read without spectacles. ...

Aug 23, 2011 · @Thuan: What you call "the structure to + v-ing" is not a structure. To is a preposition, and like all prepositions it can take a gerund object. Disposed to using, exhausted from using, guilty of using, interested in using, talking about using, etc. They're just prepositional phrases. Why use to? Because the predicates look forward, disposed, apply, and come -- in …

Discussion on the proper usage and differences between 'as per' and 'per' in English language.

Apr 6, 2015 · Grammars, especially school grammars , treat this grammar point on a low school level. In reality the idiomatic use of this and that is a complicated thing and a study of this problem would be a whole chapter.