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CHANCE IN A VEHICLE

05/11/2012 10:24

Do I have a chance in your car? There are still three chances in the car. 'Chance' could be any of: 1. likelihood that something will happen e.g. There's a strong chance we'll win. 2. opportunity or opportune time...

THE PLACEMENT OF "ME" AND "I"

03/11/2012 21:06

The correct placement of 'me' and 'I' 'I' can be both subjective as well as objective. The 'subjective' refers to when it comes before the main verb in a sentence, while the 'objective' deals with when it comes after the main verb. This applies to some other forms of pronouns that fall into...

BETWEEN SEND-OFF AND SENDFORTH

31/10/2012 11:05

Send-off is a demonstration of good wishes for a person setting out on a trip, career, or other venture e.g. They gave him a rousing send-off at the pier. From the grammatical perspective, to send forth means a.to produce; bear; yield e.g. plants sending forth new leaves. b.to...

ELLIPSIS

31/10/2012 10:40

‎. . . Ellipsis is either a. the omission from a sentence or other construction of one or more words that would complete or clarify the construction, as the omission of who are, while I am, or while we are from I like to interview people sitting down. or b. the omission of one...

TORCH NOT TORCHLIGHT

31/10/2012 09:43

'Torchlight' refers to light from a torch or torches. It is wrong to say torchlight when what we are referring to is the torch itself. In British English, it is called flashlight. #That is English for you.

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31/10/2012 09:39

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