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Forum: Grammar September 23, 2015, 08:52 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 2,050
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James Joyce's English

-She sat at the window watching the evening invade the avenue. Her head was leaned (=the passive voice being used) against the window curtains and [...]

My friend says the passive voice of lean...
Forum: Grammar September 23, 2015, 08:32 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,217
Posted By Xinfu
Recently

Is it correct to use recently?

-It is a part of the experiment you will take __ .

Whether it's wrong or correct is important: it means whether one gets the mark or not.
Forum: Grammar September 20, 2015, 03:22 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,149
Posted By Xinfu
Good answer. Thank you.

Good answer. Thank you.
Forum: Grammar September 20, 2015, 03:20 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,246
Posted By Xinfu
What's your first language?

What's your first language?
Forum: Grammar September 20, 2015, 03:19 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 3,618
Posted By Xinfu
Good answers. Thank you. Is MVoll's first...

Good answers. Thank you.

Is MVoll's first language American English?
Forum: Grammar September 17, 2015, 12:10 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,149
Posted By Xinfu
Powerful

Could I use to convey?

-Words were powerful __ emotions.

I think in conveying is the only possible form, but my friend says a to-infinitive sounds OK.
Forum: Grammar September 17, 2015, 11:01 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,246
Posted By Xinfu
One's

-It was typical of John to conjure up the image of a person who buried __ nose in books.

The antecendent is 'person'; I know that nowadays 'their' is the usual way, and formerly 'his' was...
Forum: Grammar September 17, 2015, 10:59 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,329
Posted By Xinfu
Thank you, but then how should I rewrite it, if...

Thank you, but then how should I rewrite it, if it's wrong?
Forum: Grammar September 17, 2015, 10:57 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 3,618
Posted By Xinfu
Excellent answer. Thank you.

Excellent answer. Thank you.
Forum: Grammar September 13, 2015, 04:21 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 3,618
Posted By Xinfu
Process

Could I use process as uncount?

-First, similar brainwave production process was undergone for the two types of trilinguals.

My friend says no, because for process, I have to use a before...
Forum: Grammar September 13, 2015, 04:13 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,329
Posted By Xinfu
So as

Is my sentence correct?

-Our __ has to match the sound __ the words in our memory, so as translators do.

Space 1: brain (not brains)
Space 2: with (not to)

What do you think...
Forum: Grammar September 12, 2015, 02:16 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,538
Posted By Xinfu
Thank you~

Thank you~
Forum: Grammar September 12, 2015, 02:14 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,222
Posted By Xinfu
Good answers. Thank you.

Good answers. Thank you.
Forum: Grammar September 12, 2015, 02:13 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,225
Posted By Xinfu
Thank you.

Thank you.
Forum: Grammar September 12, 2015, 02:12 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,643
Posted By Xinfu
Thank you~

Thank you~
Forum: Grammar September 11, 2015, 03:24 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,538
Posted By Xinfu
Half a month

Are my sentences all correct?


1. After check-out of his roommate, John will have the whole room to himself, and he hopes to do something important within that half month.
2. After...
Forum: Grammar September 11, 2015, 01:36 AM
Replies: 0
Views: 1,080
Posted By Xinfu
At the head of

p.734
-They seemed to have returned at the head of what looked like the families and friends of every Hogwarts student [...]

What does the red part mean? I don't find 'at the head' as a...
Forum: Grammar September 10, 2015, 10:55 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,222
Posted By Xinfu
Secrets

p.713
-I have no secrets from you anymore.

Does it mean 'no secrets kept by me from you'? FROM following secrets this way sounds not common.
Forum: Grammar September 10, 2015, 05:45 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,225
Posted By Xinfu
Revolve

p.681
-I refer to the plan Lord Voldemort is revolving around me.

Does it prove that we could 'revolve a plan around sb', or that a 'that' is omitted after 'plan'? I don't find a single...
Forum: Grammar September 10, 2015, 05:43 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,273
Posted By Xinfu
Good answer. Thank you.

Good answer. Thank you.
Forum: Grammar September 10, 2015, 05:42 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,643
Posted By Xinfu
Um...but you still think 'John imagines of...

Um...but you still think 'John imagines of something' is correct but less common?
Forum: Grammar September 08, 2015, 04:34 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,273
Posted By Xinfu
Fitting that

p.501
-How fitting that this would be its last great act.

Is FITTING an adjective here? If yes, THAT sounds redundant and wrong, though I think it's because there's somthing there I can't...
Forum: Grammar September 07, 2015, 12:40 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,643
Posted By Xinfu
Thank you, but what does 'picture of' mean? I've...

Thank you, but what does 'picture of' mean? I've never seen it in a dictionary.

???eg I pictured of what he would look like in clothes like that and laughed.
Forum: Grammar September 07, 2015, 12:36 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,247
Posted By Xinfu
Thank you.

Thank you.
Forum: Grammar September 06, 2015, 03:47 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,643
Posted By Xinfu
Imagine

p.326
-Harry imagined coming here with Dumbledore, of what a bond that would have been, [...]

Does it prove we could say we 'imagine of sth'?
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