
grammar - So were we, or, so we were - English Language …
Aug 19, 2019 · In Friends TV show series there's a conversation between Carol and Ross: Carol: I cant speak for Emily but Susan is in a loving, commited relationship. Ross: Carol, so were …
Meaning of this quote from the book The Great Gatsby?
Aug 13, 2015 · So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past. Could someone please explain it in easy words? Here's the full context: Gatsby believed in the …
word usage - Do native speakers use 'so-so'? - English Language ...
Jun 30, 2018 · If something is so-so we are likely to describe it as "alright", "ok", or "fine". To emphasise "so-so-ness" we might use one of those words with a hesitant, querying, or even …
How to use 'as ... as' and 'so ... as' in comparison.
not so adjective as - when we compare different things (different kinds) E.g.: This apple is not so nice as that orange. I'm not so tall as the horse. My grandmother is not so old as the …
word usage - "I guess (so).", "I guess (that) ..." and "... , I guess ...
This is a challenging idea to grasp, so we'll proceed by example. Usage 1 - Disagreement: Context: Laura has never been friendly to John, so John thinks she is mean. John's friend …
"if so" or "if yes" which one is correct? - English Language Learners ...
Mar 1, 2016 · But it's not so much that it's wrong, as that it implies things a bit differently and is therefore rarer. From that ngram graph we can also see that, while putting "if so" in the middle …
Can we or could we? - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
Nov 1, 2021 · But such use is so widespread that the correction is perhaps unreasonable in all but the most formal contexts. Could complicates things: it's just can, but in the conditional tense. …
subject verb agreement - Go or goes? What is correct and why
Apr 7, 2021 · Now take the subordinate clause. The antecedent of the relative pronoun "that" is the word "anyone". "Anyone" is grammatically singular (as also reflected in your correct choice …
word usage - "high building" vs. "tall building" - English Language ...
May 28, 2020 · Why is that? Well, it's just what people are searching on Google. It's not meant to tell you what is "correct" or "incorrect".
idioms - Make it so (that) someone can do something, something …
"Tommy made it so we can watch the lobby from upstairs (he modified a few cameras and now they can watch it from upstairs, without having to stand guard)" she made it so that nobody …