I know this is an old question, but after reviewing a couple of old threads, I'm still not sure about the following sentence: A. Now I understand what mom meant when she said, "love requires patience." B. Now I understand what mom meant when she said, "love requires patience". C. Now I understand what mom meant when she said "love requires patience". By the way, shall I capitalize "l" in "love ..read more

I know "clothes" is plural, but what if you bundle them. The shop owner takes out a bundle of clothes from a large box and throw it/them onto the counter. Which one should I use? it or them ..read more

Hi, guys. Please tell me which one sounds right: A. He enjoys being called the "most excellent king in history". B. He enjoys being called "the most excellent king in history ..read more

Hello, everyone! I hope everything is great with you all. I would like to check which option is correct and common: 1-The conference of this year will be in Paris. 2- This year's conference will be in Paris. I appreciate your help ..read more

Summer school will be held on English language. Is this sentence grammatically correct ..read more

Watching Fallout episode 6 I heard an expression "I’ve dipped my bits in the same gravy train". What is 'bits' in this context? Is it the same as "fingers"? "I put fingers in the gravy train ..read more

Hello, I believe war is used here more as a concept, rather than specifically referring to the current war, in which case it would have been the war. Would you agree to that? Historian Geoffrey Roberts recently wrote: “Could war have been prevented by a Russian-Western deal that halted NATO expansion and neutralised Ukraine in return for solid guarantees of Ukrainian independence and sovereignty? Quite possibly.” In March 2022, Russia and Ukraine reported... Read more ..read more

Hello everyone, I believe that the post-Yanukovych government refers to the actual government that followed Euromaidan. A post-Yanukovych government would have referred to any post-Yanukovych government they were planning for at that time. Both options would be correct. Would you agree with that? During 2010-2013, Yanukovych pushed neutrality, in line with Ukrainian public opinion. The U.S. worked covertly to overthrow Yanukovych, as captured vividly in... Read more ..read more

Please do not make a mistake to assume that I blindly accepted the image they projected of you in that show – quite the opposite. I sensed something between the lines. I watched a tv show about someone, and now I'm trying to explain to that person, who was in that show, how did I feel about him when watching the show ..read more

I was exhausted after long-time play in a game, and felt my performance was unstable because of that. "I'm tired and getting in-and-out. Perhaps I'm better off having a rest," I told my teammates. Do my sentences convey what I mean to say? Edited: I learned that in-and-out can mean inconsistent in performance. I don't know whether it's a proper adjective in the context above ..read more