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[Grammar] look(flash) back at/on/to

[Grammar] look(flash) back at/on/to

Hi, everyone. When you look back to take stock of what happened in the past, I notice different prepositions follow the verb phrase "look(flash) back" as in: look back on my life, look back at/on the year (month, vacation), look …

by Ahmet YILDIRIMOĞLU on September 22nd, 2010 Leave a comment »

gumbo

gumbo

How common in everyday English is the expression a sort of gumbo? I heard it on tv, checked out on google, and I believe it´s got something to do with mixtures…

by Ahmet YILDIRIMOĞLU on September 22nd, 2010 Leave a comment »

language

language

Hi, I will let you know the context because Iam unable to articulate what I want to say in a better way. In india we have two trainers from america, they are good at english but they dont have the …

by Ahmet YILDIRIMOĞLU on September 22nd, 2010 Leave a comment »

[General] that’s flat

[General] that’s flat

Dear teachers, Would you tell me whether I am right with my interpretation of the expression in bold in the following sentence? No eye hath seen such scarecrows. I’ll not march through Coventry with them, that’s flat. (Shakespeare’s “King Henry …

by Ahmet YILDIRIMOĞLU on September 22nd, 2010 Leave a comment »

[General] leave aplication

[General] leave aplication

how to write a leave application for 40days for my daughter:lol:

by Ahmet YILDIRIMOĞLU on September 22nd, 2010 Leave a comment »

[General] Communication skills in english

[General] Communication skills in english

i want to know the meaning of this phrase that "the face is an index of the mind" in relation to communication skills.

by Ahmet YILDIRIMOĞLU on September 22nd, 2010 Leave a comment »

present tense in letter-writing

present tense in letter-writing

We write to advice you… Could you tell me why the present tense is used in letter-writting? Because what I am thinking is that when you receive the letter, definitely the the writer wrote the letter first before the receiver …

by Ahmet YILDIRIMOĞLU on September 22nd, 2010 Leave a comment »

in that, insofar that, to the extent that, now that…………

in that, insofar that, to the extent that, now that…………

Hi all, Is ” in that, insofar that, to the extent that, now that…………” similar to ”because” ? What is the difference among them ( ‘in that”, ”insofar that”, ”to the extent that”, ”now that” ) ? Many thanks

by Ahmet YILDIRIMOĞLU on September 22nd, 2010 Leave a comment »

[Grammar] article

[Grammar] article

Hello, If I write "Restaurants has many responsibilities.The meals should be tasty,the waiters has to be polite and the service has to quick so the clients will be pleased"Is it correct? Thank you

by Ahmet YILDIRIMOĞLU on September 22nd, 2010 Leave a comment »

description of a type of business agreement

description of a type of business agreement

Hello, I need some (a lot of) help with this: (a) If what you want to say that a private agreement has been signed on a specific date and place, meaning it is a private agreement between the parties that …

by Ahmet YILDIRIMOĞLU on September 22nd, 2010 Leave a comment »