hiralingual's entry (369)
Of all things, banish the egotism out of your conversation, and never think of entertaining people with your own personal concerns, or pr...
I asked him to explain his actions.
I found this sentence in a dictionary. Can it be used in a situation where the male person did onl...
I'm thinking about "did something" and "had done something" when used with the temporal "by."
(14) In th...
I have a question about the preposition by. Are there any correct sentences below?
(a) We can encourage each other by music.
(b...
(1) I sometimes found it necessary to work together with some others in order to meet the deadline for homework.
(2) Except for Bobby,...
Parrots can speak but cannot talk.
Does this sentence sound natural?
There seem to be idiots who think they are smart, out there.
Could you correct this sentence?
Do you think that "smell of something" is different from "smell like something"?
(a)I was wondering if you would take a walk with me.
(b)I was wondering if you would like to take a walk with me.
Would you expla...
One of my dictionaries says that the verb phrase "clean house" means cleaning a whole house. Is this phrase still common?
(a)We need to avoid investing too much money on such a minor project.
(b)We need not to invest too much money on such a minor project....
I know (a) is a correct sentence.
(a)Why don't we go to the Chinese Restaurant?
But how about (b)? I don't think it's correct.
(...
(a)He is an excellent person in the true sense of the word.
The adjective "excellent" is a single word, so the words "s...
(a) I get spooky calls these days. What can I do in this case?
(b) I get spooky calls these days. What can I do with this case?
I thi...
(a)No good ideas occurred to me.
(b)No good idea occurred to me.
Which do you think is better?
(A)You shouldn't pretend to understand what you actually don't. To be sure, it sometimes happens that what you thought you understood tur...
Is it common to say "mistakenly understand," like "I mistakenly understood that the assignment was to write a whole esssay...
(a)We can safely say that those who assume that they have no choice but to borrow a book in order to read it cannot find real pleasure in...
One of my dictionaries says that it is possible to utter the sentence below to mean "He is married and he has three children." ...
(a)It should be up to you to decide when you get married and whether you have a child or not.
(a)It should be up to you to decide when...
