Przyznaję że nie do końca rozumiem użycie "a" w tym zdaniu. Raczej spotyka się "the".
Np. "Won't you give me a last chance?"-o ile mi wiadomo w tym zdaniu "a l…
When there is a special need to signal a divide of sorts (some expanse of or distance in space, for example) that separates here from there, over here will show its presence in getting your thoughts o…
"The" has the amazing power of being able to round up countable plurals. In other words, a power to impose a boundary over the extent of them.
"The" treats uncountables the same w…
I didn't go to the Emerson School…to the Emerson Elementary…to the John Bishop High…
He didn’t go to the John Bishop High (School)…because the students there were phonies and snobs…( No the unl…
Czy można użyć przeczenia, czy też nie? :)
I am not about to get on that train. (It departs in 5 minutes—time for another beer).
I am not about to let you get on that train. (You belong where you a…
Janski, are you a shrinking violet from middle school? Check out 'gimbaza' in Polish, because that is how you're behaving.
You meant to say "Look up." That's how you fi…
Hi
Jak będzie wyglądało zdanie typu:
1. Abyś miał lepsze rozumienie o co mi chodzi, chciałbym ....
Chodzi mi o to jak zacząć takie zdanie jak abyś...
Myślałem, że może: In order for you to have a b…
I don't know what Einstein and Chopin have taught you but clearly Socrates hasn't taught you epistemological modesty.
I stand corrected: You know less than little, and you are a fool, and y…
He is proceding as if he knew more than we.
There is no need to use "as if" when no doubt, uncertainty, or outright negation of reality is meant. The same applies to the everyday disgustin…
Who has ever developed more than one theory of relativity of something or other?
"Only" is just an adjective here. It gives some more information about the pronoun "Haydn" but doe…
PS. I speak english in general (I can talk about daily activities), but about grammar truly I prefer to consulte in polish. I hope you don't feel discouraged becuase of it.
Fair enough. You won…
Obydwie opcje są poprawne, jednak ta w kluczu jest bardziej naturalna.
Be able to służy do określania jednorazowych sytuacji, ale tylko w zdaniach twierdzących. W zdaniach przeczących to rozróżnienie…
Kurcze, ale się z tego dyskusja zrobiła.. Zakładając ten temat myślałem, że będzie pytanie-odpowiedź i zamykamy. Jeszcze raz proszę o pisanie po polsku, zwłaszcza to tyczy się użytkownika Janski.
No…
quote]Well, Janski, no hard feelings, but If you treat others like idiots, expect to be treated like one too.
You are a fool; no need to treat you as such.
Einstein has not taught you physics; Chopi…
So you do seem to have some shame after all.
Einstein has not taught you physics; Chopin has not trained your ear.
You are one of those who live fools and will die fools.…
I don't have a son / I have no son.
What's negated in ...don't have a...?
What's negated in ...have no...?
Consider the three scenarios:
(1) A policeman knocks on your door. …
n o n i m a g i n i s t i c (rare word).
Seems like a word you pulled out of your ass just now.
When I say freedom, what image will your unlimited imagination invoke? You have never seen it, tast…
Off topic. How much did you have to drink last night?
Not a drop. Now back to business:
Is ass specific in (1) and (2)? That's a legitimate question exploring the linguistic concept of specific…
The degree of freedom we can win is only limited by our braveness and the extent of our imagination.
Freedom is a higher-order abstract noun and is n o n i m a g i n i s t i c (rare word).
Any degre…
I don't have a son / I have no son.
She hasn't a job / She has no job.
I don't need your help / I need no help.
Start from here: In each of these pairs, what do the nouns in ques…
You be conservative...
A: The Paychecks are going on vacation next week.
B: Where to? (where? alone without to is rather unlikely. )
A: North Southbank, or so I hear.
B: Where? (where to? is less li…
Dzień dobry,
mam takie zdanie:
"There are no roads where we are going, so you must walk the whole distance."
Dlaczego nie ma przyimka "to" po "going"?
Czy było by nie…
a jeśli chcę zastosować czasownik write?
The conventional implicature does not apply if you don't know whether the author is alive or not.
Let's hope that your audience does not know it ei…
PP nie powinienem używać w stosunku do osób nieżyjących, gdyż nie mają one związku z teraźniejszością. W takiej sytuacji stosuje się PtS.
Jeśli chcę napisać, że Charlie Chaplin był świetnym aktorem, t…
tak jak mg to uwypukla, 'as' sprowadza sie do czasownika 'be', a wyrazanie czyjegos 'capacity' jest jego pochodna, ktore nie moze byc wg twego 'end of story'
N…