2018年11月26日 · I searched on the Internet about poem recitation, and what came up was poetry recitation or poem recital. Which is more grammatically correct?

2015年11月12日 · Here "to" is not the infinitive. Here "to" is a preposition and after a preposition either a noun comes or a pronoun, and a gerund is also a form of noun. That's why the structure of this sentence will be "I look forward to seeing you." Here "seeing" is a gerund. Let's take another example: I am looking forward to work. Is this correct? Yes, it is absolutely correct. Now I'll tell you why this ...

2019年4月18日 · We tend to say something is " on my mind" when something is preoccupying our thoughts - that we are actively thinking about it. Otherwise, we say something is " in my mind" to denote that we have remembered something but it is not at the forefront of our thoughts. That said, "the mind" is an abstract thing and can mean different things in different contexts and can be described in different ...

2022年4月14日 · It's one of those cuss words that 'gets away with it' because there is a known, non-offensive use. Compare Bart's gleeful use of the colloquial (but acceptable) word for an illegitimate child in The Simpsons. Attach 'hole' (not whole) or 'wipe' as a suffix and you are in unambiguously vulgar territory, but on its own, the word can be used without offense. Technically, a jackass is also a (male ...

From my research online the correct way is to say "If I were you" and not " If I was you " because this is the " subjunctive mood ". However they don't say the underlying reason for it. They just say use "If I were you" when it is subjunctive. What if I wanted to say " If he was you ", should I use "if he were you" instead? Since most post talk about "If I.." I have no way to know what would ...

2016年12月29日 · How would you complete the following sequence, until point 10? Once Twice Thrice (...) Any help would be appreciated.

2018年1月21日 · Either a singular or a plural verb is correct with an amount of money. Five hundred dollars is invested into the project. (An amount that is refered to as a singular unit) Five hundred dollars are invested into the project. (An amount of money that consists of singular units) Thus, both sentences are correct.

2022年9月15日 · Dick for Richard, Bob for Robert, Bill for William, and more It originates from the 12–13th centuries (Middle English), in a time where a lot of people had the same names. Richard was also spelled Rickard, which obviously shortens to Rick (a nickname we still use today). From there, rhyming forms were created, getting us Dick. It also created Hick, which is a nickname that isn't in use today ...

I don't get it. By what logic were these organizations or those organizations? (and What's the difference between “these” and “those”? on ELU), and Using “them” instead of “those” (also on ELU) considered "On Topic" (with significant amounts of upvotes for both questions and answers), yet this one is considered "Too Basic"?

2016年10月9日 · A discussion of the verb to be cannot but end by noting that it is the subject of what some believe to be the most perfect poetry written in English. In 1600 CE, The Bard of Avon put these words in the mouth of Hamlet, the Prince of Denmark: