Dec 26, 2016 · “ Noot Noot ”: is the sound made by the titular character from the British-Swiss children’s TV series Pingu. Due to its frequent utterance throughout the series, the soundbite …

Oct 1, 2013 · When using the phrase "including but not limited to", how should it be punctuated? When used in the following (no punctuation): There are many activities including but not …

Here's an example of the phrase "to boot": My wife made a disgusting looking dinner, and it tasted awful to boot! The implication of the "to boot" is that the fact that the dinner tasted awful wa...

As Henry Higgins observed in Pygmallion, the best grammarians are often those who learned English in school as immigrants. My parents, who were first-generation Americans in the early …

Aug 12, 2014 · I have seen in so many place where they would have mentioned "You may not.." etc for the things people shouldn't do. For eg: in companies where USB is not allowed, they …

Oct 22, 2017 · The grammatical difference is that “be not” is using be as a “double identity”verb helping verb and linking verb, just the same as when we say They are not at home . Here” are” …

Mar 16, 2011 · The usual order is "Why is this not [ready yet]?" Inverting it to "Why is not this [rose in bloom]?" might be possible in poetry, but it sounds awkward at best in everyday usage. …

Sep 7, 2010 · I'm not sure of the official usage but as a writer, I find that "not only...but also" usually sounds ugly. There's better ways to structure a sentence. The version I much prefer is …

As a native English speaker, I find the phrase " The hammer need not to be large for... " sounds strange to my ears. Instead, I prefer " The hammer need not be large for... ". But what is the …

May 22, 2016 · When auxiliary verbs or modals participate in subject auxiliary inversion (of course, all forms of 'to be' and 'to have' where they are principal as well)they can be negated …