I heard the high thin laugh again. “You’re nobody, son. You don’t exist – can’t you see that? The white folk tell everybody what to think – except men like me. I tell them; that’s my life, telling white folk how to think about the things I know about. Shocks you, doesn’t it? (Ralph Ellison, … Read more
Is there a difference between using “number” and “numbers” when referring to multiple numbers? For example, when calling a merchant to inquire about multiple orders, should I say: I need RMAs for order numbers 1 and 2. or I need RMAs for order number 1 and 2. This question might sound stupid, but I’m not … Read more
✲ I her admire. (James McCawley, The Syntactic Phenomena of English) The sentence above is unacceptable; yet consulting “That I do” (John Steinbeck’s East of Eden), ‘Her I admire’ seems to be acceptable. Is it really so? Answer Her I admire. This is fairly common: the object of a clause is moved to the head … Read more
Neither he nor his friends were/was present at the party? Which would come here? Answer As said in this answer for “Neither Michael nor Albert is correct” or “Neither Michael nor Albert are correct”?, in that case you should use were because “his friends,” which is closer to the verb, is plural. You should use … Read more
I know this sentence: your message has been sent the subject is no known. I know this sentence: you have been registered. the subject is no known. but what is this: I have been really worried these past few days ? here the subject is known , how this is good grammer? why the author … Read more
I have a doubt on my construction. Here is my original idea. i have written it in 2 sentences. Outer bounds are fixed using method A. Method A leads to a closed polygon having preserved their symmetries. if i combine them, Outer bounds are fixed using method A which leads to a closed polygon having … Read more
I am having the following construction. 1: The figure demonstrates that the most frequent rmse falls within the range of 0.3m-0.6m. The deviation is approximately equal to the resolution of data. Is it possible to omit the subject of second sentence and join like this. 2: The figure demonstrates that the most frequent rmse falls … Read more
