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Forum: English Questions Jul 21st, 2012, 08:55 pm
Replies: 2
Views: 2,824
Posted By InJen
Re: As was his custom, he knocked three times.

sorry for having omitting that thread

the first time read it I was none the wiser. I have read it once more, and your answer is really excellent. Thank you very much indeed.
Forum: English Questions Jul 21st, 2012, 08:43 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 3,190
Posted By InJen
Re: He is a writer fallen into oblivion

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Forum: English Questions Jul 21st, 2012, 08:42 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 3,088
Posted By InJen
Re: is/was? why?

thank you very much indeed
Forum: English Questions Jul 13th, 2012, 07:25 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 3,088
Posted By InJen
Re: is/was? why?

this question has aroused my curiosity.

how about if I was simply writing a biography and telling the childhood years of that person? Is 1921 is the year he was born in possible?

when this person...
Forum: English Questions Jul 12th, 2012, 09:44 pm
Replies: 2
Views: 2,824
Posted By InJen
As was his custom, he knocked three times.

in Oxford online dictionary, there is a sentence:

As was his custom, he knocked three times.

has ellipsis been used in this sentence?
if yes, what is the lengthened form of the sentence?
Forum: English Questions Jul 12th, 2012, 09:40 pm
Replies: 1
Views: 2,534
Posted By InJen
in the Russian society

hi, I've got a question.

do you think in the Russian society is grammatical?

should THE be deleted?
Forum: English Questions Jul 12th, 2012, 09:33 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 3,088
Posted By InJen
is/was? why?

there is a sentence about tenses which I know how to use but do not know why.

A teenager studying in a non-English department asked me a question: in 1921 is/ was the year he was born in, which word...
Forum: English Questions Jul 12th, 2012, 09:22 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 4,880
Posted By InJen
Re: as of & from

thank you for you answer susan; and I've got some ideas.

for FROM/AS FROM/AS OF, a famous English teacher(not native speaker but proficient)tells me, past tense should be used, even though the event...
Forum: English Questions May 25th, 2012, 05:54 am
Replies: 3
Views: 2,954
Posted By InJen
Re: Emerson

first, thank you very much.

I am looking for sth in Practical English Usage etc, and I have another question, but I am tied up with my work.

I will be back.
Forum: English Questions May 20th, 2012, 06:21 am
Replies: 3
Views: 4,880
Posted By InJen
as of & from

The railway network of France, which as of 2008 stretches 29,473 kilometres.

can I simply use from to replace as of?

I often see AS OF in(or on?) wikipedia, but is there any difference between it...
Forum: English Questions May 18th, 2012, 06:48 am
Replies: 6
Views: 3,385
Posted By InJen
Re: there are/were two persons understanding Confucius.

thank you very much
Forum: English Questions May 17th, 2012, 11:30 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 2,954
Posted By InJen
Emerson

In wikipedia, in 'ralph waldo emerson ', there is a sentence

Emerson served as Class Poet; as was custom, he presented an original poem on Harvard's Class Day.

What determines the use of WAS ?but...
Forum: English Questions May 15th, 2012, 07:19 am
Replies: 6
Views: 3,424
Posted By InJen
Re: how to use the Internet

W. Churchill has only been a minor piece of evidence; what reinforces my belief is that I can't find a dictionary including it as countable

but thank you very much




you really should publish...
Forum: English Questions May 15th, 2012, 05:28 am
Replies: 6
Views: 3,424
Posted By InJen
Re: how to use the Internet

One of you once asked whether equipment is a countable noun, which question, though with many answers, yielded nothing, and someof you suggested equipmentS which is uesd on the Internet as evidence...
Forum: English Questions May 15th, 2012, 05:17 am
Replies: 6
Views: 3,424
Posted By InJen
how to use the Internet

Hi everyone, I have a perplexing question.

I perused some threads, and I found that some of you use google etc to find out whether a word or phrase is used. However, I use the Chinese google, and I...
Forum: English Questions May 14th, 2012, 01:05 am
Replies: 6
Views: 3,385
Posted By InJen
Re: there are/were two persons understanding Confucius.

could you tell me what a concordancer is?

I do not know how to use it and the result yields nothing
Forum: English Questions May 11th, 2012, 06:15 am
Replies: 6
Views: 3,385
Posted By InJen
Re: there are/were two persons understanding Confucius.

thank you vey much.

I always use AT university, as you did, and the Oxford collocation dictionary only includes AT as a preposition preceding UNIVERSITY, but dictionaries may not be comprehensive...
Forum: English Questions May 11th, 2012, 06:13 am
Replies: 3
Views: 2,495
Posted By InJen
Re: Germany is the 4th greatest economy.

thank you very much. I said REAL because the problematic sentence might cause wrong ideas.
Forum: English Questions May 10th, 2012, 09:44 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 2,495
Posted By InJen
Re: Germany is the 4th greatest economy.

here is also a question I hope you can answer.

http://www.eslhq.com/forums/esl-forums/teaching-esl/examinations-46306/#post62109

million thanks.
Forum: English Questions May 10th, 2012, 09:37 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 2,495
Posted By InJen
Germany is the 4th greatest economy.

I have got a problem in presenting an idea in English, but this is also a problem in Chinese. I often encounter such a thing when reading wikipedia of the English version.
==================

let me...
Forum: English Questions May 10th, 2012, 09:24 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 3,385
Posted By InJen
there are/were two persons understanding Confucius.

There is a professor who understands Confucius.
He is alive.

There was another man three hundred years ago who undestood Confucius. He is dead.

so:

there are/were two persons understanding...
Forum: English Questions May 8th, 2012, 09:00 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 5,360
Posted By InJen
Re: how to address other students in group discussion

I also think that will be impolite. It is a cultural difference. Your explanation is very helpful. Thank you very much indeed.
Forum: English Questions May 8th, 2012, 07:07 am
Replies: 4
Views: 5,360
Posted By InJen
Re: how to address other students in group discussion

thank you very much.

I asked this because such a problem never exists in Chinese. In a Chinese discussion, we unexceptionally address othes as "classmate number one, two etc. Does this exist in...
Forum: English Questions May 7th, 2012, 09:30 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 5,360
Posted By InJen
how to address other students in group discussion

In public examinations, we students do not know the name of one another,

When a group discussion goes on, how can we call one another in English?
Forum: English Questions May 6th, 2012, 07:12 am
Replies: 2
Views: 2,373
Posted By InJen
Re: Both are/were writers

Marvellous.

Thank you very much indeed.

I never thought of such a change.
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