Any context that would enable me to discriminate between gerund and participle.
Was it any context that let you figure out "falling leave"? What is "falling leave"?
(a) I take no…
Cześć. Chciałam prosić o pomoc przy poniższych zdaniach.
1. London is England's capital.
2. Washington DC is the capital city of the USA.
Dlaczego raz używamy 's, a innym razem of? Przecie…
I think that the example with ‘walking stick’ proves my point that context is necessary
All righty, but would your context required be figurative context, textual context, non-textual context, or co-…
1. The relevant domain (current discourse space) within which the uniqueness is to be established is not obvious. Here best is equivalent to (very) well or better than (when I am tired.)
2. "th…
BrE vs UsE ..to jest wytłumaczenie .
No.
In the USA, in the UK, in Canada, and in Australia, and even in New Zealand, the same English grammar applies. Actually, it was a Brit who first objected (of…
Re: I owe you nothing.
Since we are speaking business,
We are trying to speak English, and you are not talking business.
I am a Value Buyer
You are not a value buyer, because you are not willing t…
And what should I make of this now? :)
Half of the English-speaking world has never heard of the grammatical concepts of gerund and (present) participle. Half of the enlightened fifty percent does n…
His religious beliefs precluded him from serving in the army.
His religious beliefs precluded him/his serving in the army.
Rozumiem użycie him/his; chodzi mi o 'from'. Wyczuwam nacisk w p…
Janski:
In preschool, children hear the first of the forbidden things that come in triads:
When the leaves are three, let it be.
In middle school, they graduate to the next triad of banned things, …
"We don't even talk, unless 'bout the weather"
Chyba jednak unless nie będzie w tym kontekście poprawnie?
You need a period at the end, but other than that, it is perfect as is.…
Proszę o pomoc w wytłumaczeniu różnicy pomiędzy:
His religious beliefs precluded him from serving in the army.
His religious beliefs precluded him/his serving in the army.
Rozumiem użycie him/his; c…
In other words, present habituals (and generics) belong in the "structural world knowledge" or "necessary reality" that obtains now and can be predicated in accordance with the spe…
Czemu ta forma nie jest poprawna
On Fridays, my dad is always buying fresh fish from the market.
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The simple present expresses a habitual, state-like and stable situation. It denotes an established…
Why conditions of the shipment are so ... ?
Let's start with "why (no article?) conditions of the shipment…?" The more definite "the shipment " is, the more forcefully it d…
But here's no chance of utilizing 'possibility' in that sentence, I'm afraid.
Utilizing and utilization suggests a deliberate decision or--quite often futile--effort to employ or …
Profit is what is left after subtracting purchase price or production cost from selling price.
Bonds, (term) certificates of deposits, commercial papers… mature.
Returns, interest earned, accruals, …
A chance of success (formal or informal).
A risk of failure (formal or informal).
A possibility is neutral (either of failure or of success).
Here: only possibility is possible.…
Tak, dłuższa czynność przerwana krótką zawsze ma pierwszeństwo w zastosowaniach
Have you ever tried to figure out why the English language has this odd-ball-looking verbal construct known as continuo…
Szczerze mówiąc nie wiem, dlaczego używa xxx of, a nie the xxx of, np. Shadow of the Collosus, Shadow of the Tomb Rider. Być może shadow występuje też jako niepoliczalny.
Backdrop 1: The day Merle …
That's why you drive slow.
only in AmE, which actually abuses the adjective after verbs: 'kiss me quick' says nothing about the final state.
Yes, it does point to the resultant state…
Kiedy mówimy o czymś po raz pierwszy w liczbie pojedynczej używamy a/an, więc jeśli mam pierwsze zdanie w artykule np.
"When you walk through an art gallery you may see the paintings showing peo…
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Właśnie o to chodzi,
Let the following NP dictate, with no vocal space between the and the NP: theapple, thewhere?, thebrandnewcar…
But all rules will break down when you mentally fumble for the…
Czy to tłumaczenie jest poprawne:
Przekonania na temat przyszłości wychowanków Domu Dziecka w Warszawie.
Convictions about future by the pupils of children's home in Warsaw.
Proszę o wypowiedź os…
Ok, a po jakich jeszcze czasownikach oprócz: ,,be, get, become" możemy użyć przymiotnika w znaczeniu przysłówka? Jest to opisane w jakiejś książce?
Drive slow, keep patient, set square, paint bl…
Czy zawsze odnosi się to do 'individual entities'? Czy podane przykłady nie mogą oznaczać, że każda z osób może mieć jeden lub więcej aparatów czy prac?
A tiger has a tail.
Tigers have a …
Mam pytanie, dotyczące wariantów wymowy "the" przed spółgłoskami i samogłoskami. A mianowicie chodzi mi o to, czy chcąc opanować język angielski na takim powiedzmy średnio zaawansowanym pozi…
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…