qingqing: "thismorningyesterdaymorningthedaybeforeyesterdayinthemorning"/thenightbeforelastRight? Howtoexpressthepreviousmorningorevening?Whatabout"inthemorningbeforeyesterday"?Andhowtoexpressa morningaftertomorrow? Lookatthissentence,"Shewastootiredtodonothingtheeveningbefore".Ifithappenedintheeveningbeforeyesterday(if wecansayso),isitright? Thanks.

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MisterMicawber: I'mnotreallysureofyourquestion,but: TodayisThursday. Thismorning=Thursdaymorning. Yesterdaymorning=Wednesdaymorning Thedaybeforeyesterdayinthemorning=inthemorningtwodaysago=Tuesdaymorning. Tomorrowmorning=Fridaymorning Inthemorningthedayaftertomorrow=Saturdaymorning. Thereareminorvariations. REPLY

qingqing: WhatIwanttoaskishowtoexpressthetimecorrectly? Whichofthefollowingisright?Howdoesthenativepeopleexpressit? Onlinechatisavailable thedaybeforeyesterdayinthemorning/inthemorningbeforeyesterday/thedaybeforeyesterdaymorning/onthe morningofthedaybeforeyesterday/themorningbeforelast/themorningbefore REPLY

MisterMicawber: Ofyours,theseareOKandclear: thedaybeforeyesterdayinthemorning/thedaybeforeyesterdaymorning/onthemorningofthedaybeforeyesterday/the morningbeforelast REPLY

nonathebrit: Butrealisticallynativespeakers,asMMpointedout,wouldusethenameofthedayFridaymorning,Wednesdaymorning, etc. I'veneverheardanyonesayanythingasconvolutedas'thedaybeforeyesterdayinthemorning'. Peoplewouldthinkyouwerequitestrangeifyousaidthat.Theywouldbeabletoworkoutwhatyoumeantbutwouldwonder whyyouweresayingitinsuchanoddway.

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MisterMicawber: Theydoseemoddonpaperofcourse,butasacasualconversationinpassing,Icanwellimagine(andhenceapproved)e.g. ThedaybeforeyesterdayinthemorningIwenttoTokyo...

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Anonymousrepliedtochelsea2468'spost. cansomeonerewritethissentence 8 replies GeneralEnglishGrammarQuestions cansomeonerewritethissentence4me?samanthacouldonlyhearthemusicblaringinher ear,nothingelse

FIRSTREPLIES AnonymousIwouldsaySamanthacouldhearONLYthemusicblaringinherears.(noneedto add"nothingelse") Anonymousitdependsonthecontextoftheparagraphit'sin.Areyousayingthenoisewassoloud shecouldn'thearanythingelse,ormorepassively,simplystatingwhatshecouldhear? 1.ThenoisymusicblaredinSamantha'sears,blockingout ... AnonymousWiththemusicblaringinherear,Samanthacouldhearnothingelse.

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GrammarGeekrepliedtoidontknowenglish'spost. Helpmetosolvemyconfusion. 5 replies GeneralEnglishGrammarQuestions IhaveconfusioninbelowsentenceIammarryingmyfriendtomybrotheroriamgettingmy friendmarriedtomybrotherHereinthiscaseimagineiammanagingthewholeandsoleof themarriage

FIRSTREPLIES ShivajimadaliMyfriendismarryingmybrother/Mybrotherismarryingmyfriend.

AnonymousIammarryingmyfriendtomybrother. theverbis"tomarry"andinthepresentprogressivetense,(orfutureperfect)youaremarryingthe twopeopletoeachother. GrammarGeek Anonymous: I am marrying my friend to my... Thiswouldbesomethingaminister/priest/weddingofficialwouldsay. ... Replytoidontknowenglish

JohnBozcommentedontheirownpost. Compexorsimplesentence? 3 replies GeneralEnglishGrammarQuestions Ibelievethesentencebelowisasimplesentencebecause(onlineshoppingmeans)isnotan independentclause.Sureyoucouldput(that)after(means)whichIthoughtwasasimpleway toseethatasentenceiscomplex.Ibelieve(means)needsan ...

AnonymousThesentenceiscomplex.Youareconsideringthewrongclausetherelevantclauseis "(that)customersareabletobuyandsellproductsandservicesovertheinternetorothercomputer networks."Thisisanounclause,atypeofdependent ... BillJ"Onlineshoppingmeans[customersareable[tobuyandsellproductsandservicesoverthe

BillJ"Onlineshoppingmeans[customersareable[tobuyandsellproductsandservicesoverthe internetorothercomputernetworks]]". Thisisacomplexclause,i.e.aclausethathasoneormoresubordinateclausesembeddedwithinit. Inthiscase ... JohnBozBecauseIamnewhere,Iactuallypostedthistwice.Sorrybutthankyouagain. Ihavebeengivenagreatintroductiontocomplexsentencesnow. It'sfunny,thatIsearchedtheinternetfor"complexsentences"andgotalmostthesamestructures ...

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fivejedjonrepliedtoananonymouspost. Warmfriendship(among/between) 6 replies GeneralEnglishGrammarQuestions Inoticedawarmfriendship(among/between)thethreestudents.whichoneistrue?

FIRSTREPLIES Anonymousthanksforansweringmyquestion

Anonymousbetweenisusedwhendiscussingtwopeopleamongisthreeormore.Period.

fivejedjon Anonymous: between is used when discussing two... No. "Weusuallysaythatsomebodyorsomethingisbetweenseveralclearlyseparatepeopleorthings. Wepreferamongwhensomebodyorsomethingisinagroup,acrowdoramassofthingswhichwe donotseeseparately. Compare: Ourhouseisbetween ... ReplytoAnonymous

saimarehmancommentedontheirownpost. Languagechange 2 replies GeneralEnglishGrammarQuestions ihavegotthedifferencesbetweenamericanandbritishenglish,canyoupleasetellmethat whataredifferentfactorsduetowhichenglishischangingdaybyday?aswedonthaveany standardenglish,firstitwasonlyenglish,thenitsplited ...

AlpheccaStarsThisisanentirefieldofscience,establishedmorethan100yearsago,called "EvolutionaryLinguistics."Alllanguageschangeovertime.Hereisaninterestingarticle: http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/langevol.html saimarehmanthanksalotbutiamstillwaitingformorehelpfromyou.

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grammarfreakrepliedtoIftekharHussain'spost. AboutActiveandPassive 4 replies GeneralEnglishGrammarQuestions WhydoweuseActiveandPassiveSentences?

FIRSTREPLIES AnonymousWhenthereissomeonewhoisactivelypresentinanysentencewespeak/write,then weuseActiveVoice. E.g.JohnspeaksEnglish. HereJohnisactivelypresentinthesentence,henceitisanActiveVoice. Similarly,whenthereisnooneactively ... PhilipIfyou'reaskingaboutwhethertousetheactivevoiceorthepassivevoice,aprofessorofmine offeredadvicethatIlike.

offeredadvicethatIlike. Usethepassivevoice 1.Ifyoudon'tknowwhoperformedtheaction[Thedoorwasleftopen.] 2.Ifitdoesn'tmatterwho ... grammarfreak Anonymous: When there is someone who is actively present in any sentence we speak/write,...is no one actively present in the sentence, We use Passive... Ithinkthephrasinginyourexplanationneedstobedefinedmoreclearly,anditisnotnecessaryto capitalize"activevoice". Weneedactivevoicetonarrateastory,beitanarticle,adocumentary,orjustasimplesentence. Activesentence ... ReplytoIftekharHussain

AlpheccaStarsrepliedtoPeytonAlfrey'spost. Inthesentence:Myancestors, 1 replies GeneralEnglishGrammarQuestions Inthesentence:Myancestors,believeitornot,comefromPoland.Isbelieveitornotaphrase orclause,andwhatkindofphraseorclauseisit?

AlpheccaStarsItisaclause,becauseithasafiniteverb,believe. Somegrammarianswouldcallitanadjunct,becauseitisunnecessaryinthesentence.Othersmight sayit'sadverbial. ReplytoPeytonAlfrey

Cliverepliedtosafary2100'spost. helpmeinenglish 3 replies GeneralEnglishGrammarQuestions circlethecorrectanswer:iwouldpreferaninterestingjob.................awellpaidone:AforeB toCBettercananyonetellmethecorrectanswerhelpplz...

CliveHi, First,whatdoyouthink? Clive

AnonymousB:Iwouldpreferaninterestingjobtoawellpaidone.

CliveHi, Yes. Clive Replytosafary2100

BillJrepliedtosaly'spost. adjectivalclause 13 replies GeneralEnglishGrammarQuestions Thedresswhichsheiswearingisnew.otherpossiblepatterns:Thedressthatsheiswearing isnew.Thedresssheiswearingisnew.myquestionissometimeswecan'tuse(that)or(omit) thesubject(which,who,whom,,,),inwhichcasesican't ...

FIRSTREPLIES 4444mv saly: Thank you so much 4444MV Mypleasure. grammarfreakHiBill, Thanksfortakingthetimeforsuchdetailedexplanation. BillJ: What 4444mv says is essentially... IfIgatheredyourcommentcorrectly,thenthefollowingisdeemedincorrect,isn'tit?

IfIgatheredyourcommentcorrectly,thenthefollowingisdeemedincorrect,isn'tit? "Didyouseethepackage(which/that)Ileftonthetablethismorning?". InAmerican ... BillJ grammarfreak: BillJWhat 4444mv says is essentially... "Didyouseethepackage(which/that)Ileftonthetablethismorning?". Slightmisunderstanding:Iwasreferringtorelativeclausesthatrefertowholeclausesorsentences, asintheexamplesIgave.Intheabovesentence,therelative ... Replytosaly

koatl Helpwithgrammarneeded 0 replies GeneralEnglishGrammarQuestions Hello,cananyonehelpme?IhavejustmadenewwebsitewithfreeonlinedivinationsbutI don'tbelieveittobecompletelygrammaticallycorrect.ItseemsIcan'ttelltheURLhere,butit's inmycontactsection.(Ihopethiswaytheadminwill ... Replytokoatl

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