So we'll just move on to the second part of the lesson where I have a little test for you, Okay, here's the test for you to use the word "could" in four different sentences. So let's look at the first one. So another way of saying it is: "I used to be able to swim unde...
Epideictic, or demonstrative, rhetoric 修饰型,或者叫做抒发型修辞手法, makes a proclamation about the present situation, 通常是重申某种现实状况, as in wedding speeches. 比如说,婚礼致辞。 But the way to accomplish change ...
In the simple past tense, subjunctive mood, were is the only form of to be—it is singular as well as plural: If I were home last night, I would have loved to be in bed by 10. She wished the ladle were in the drawer where it belonged. When to use was Use was when talking abo...
My mother emailed me last week to ask if she was using the word “nor” correctly, which brings us to today’s post: the use of either or and neither nor.
You use modifiers in your everyday speech and writing without realizing it. Take a look at these examples to see a variety of ways modifiers operate in sentences: We went to the beach on our vacation last year. Mossimo always asks me how work is going. Kristi grew tomatoes that were bi...
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So we'll just move on to the second part of the lesson where I have a little test for you, Okay, here's the test for you to use the word "could" in four different sentences. So let's look at the first one. So another way of saying it is: "I used to be able to swim unde...
where we’re focused on something other than the object we’re going to lose—be it the TV remote or a phone or glasses,” he says. “We’re thinking about something else, and then we never really encode the ...
How to Use a Modern Public Library Has it been a while since your last visit to a public library? If so, you may be surprised to learn that libraries have changed for the better. It’s been years since they were dusty little rooms with books. They have transformed themselves into pl...
2.I would love to go to your party. 3.My mom would wake up early in the morning to cook breakfast for us. In stating conditionals: 1.If I were you, I wouldn’t say that. 2.I would have taken that opportunity if I had the chance. ...