A question about English grammar?
I'm studying English. I have a question about English. Do the following sentences have the same meaning? 1. I bought a book which I have not read yet. 2. I bought a book but I have not read it yet. Thanks in advance.
A question about English grammar?
The past perfect tense is technically the past tense in the perfect aspect. Tense refers to time with respect to a reference point. Aspect refers to the duration of a state or event. The perfect aspect views the state or event as completed (and that does not always have to be in the past). The past perfect is used to specify that one past event/state was completed before a later past event/state. If that's the only sentence, then only #1 (past tense, neutral aspect, meaning no aspect information is given) is possible. #2 is not possible with "During her lifetime" as part of the sentence, because that focuses on the length of the duration, rather than its completion. You cannot use the past perfect there. To do the past perfect, you need to say something like: They asked her many questions, because she had witnessed two world wars The wars were completed before the questions were asked. Both things are past events, but one was finished before the other. Note that in formal English the past perfect is supposed to be used whenever it applies. However, increasingly in informal English in many dialects around the world, the past perfect can be replaced by the simple past when emphasizing that the state/event is completed is either clear from context, or not important to the speaker. The reverse is generally not true though. You cannot normally replace the past tense with the past perfect just because you feel like it. The two tenses are not truly interchangeable, except as specified above.
A question about English grammar?
I'm studying English. I have a question about English. What is the diffrence between the following sentences? If there is no difference, which is natural? 1. I bought a book which I have not read yet. 2. I bought a book, which I have not read yet. Thanks in advance.
Question about English sentence.?
Hi I am not a native speaker of English and writing a report in English. I did an experiment with 3 conditions, and the result of the condition A was largest, that of the condition B was in between, and the that of the condition C was the smallest. And I wrote "the result was gradually decreased from the condition A to the condition C", but the professor made a comment on it and said that "gradually" is used for the change in a time course. In this case, how can I mention the result?
How do I ask questions on Quora in proper English?
Please do the best you can and add detail to help people understand. When people make edits, consider them.Ask questions about English use. The more you interact and the more you ask and answer the better your English will be. This is true for everyone.Consider your question. Is it really more than one question? Are you asking the most basic question you can? Are you asking the right question? Think about the kind of answers you might get. Would those be of value? Do they help in some way?If so, that's likely a good, clear question.Keep question detail modest. Make it direct so people understand how they can provide a good answer. Put additional details in the question detail, not in the question itself.
How do I answer a question in English literature?
First of all, you should be blessed with a good and competent teacher. Leave any teacher who frames 90% of their notes with the help of internet.Now, without a specific example, it would not be possible to answer your question. You have to prepare your answer in such a way that it can be used to answer two different questions. Like the question- Why is Jimmy, in Look Back in Anger angry? You can write the answer in such a way that it also becomes the answer to the question- How does Osborne portray the Angry Young Men movement in Britain. How? See, Jimmy himself is a young man. So his anger actually is the anger of his generation. Similarly Belinda's character analysis will also provide you with the answer to - How does Pope showcase 18th century society in Rape of the Lock?Now, some short tips-1. Do not use bullets or numbering or heading in the descriptive answers. This is not science subject.2. While mentioning any work of any writer, dont forget to underline the title of the same.3. Quote from your text book. Quote from the articles of the critics. My answer to the question - Why is Jimmy Angry? began with- "Shape without form/Shade without colour/Paralysed force, gesture without motion". You see, this impresses the examiner.4. Dont make your answer unnecessarily long. You cannot finish the exam if you do.5. Anybody who says to you-" But buddy I dont mug, I only grasp the essence of the answer" Never ever listen to this type of guys. This is English literature and you are not a Phd scholar, you have to mug and you have to understand what you are mugging.
What are the important questions for English?
Only one: Is there a question not answerable in English?
What is a website where I can ask an English language question?
Ask here! Many questions here on many different points about the English language. You get a wide variety of answers here, and some of them (like mine usually) try to avoid too much grammar.Thanks for the A2A.