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I reread the previous listings to make sure and I was right. I found no mention of dually qualified (medical and ESL degreed) teachers. Of course, a trained ESL teacher who is also trained in the medical profession is the perfect teacher for the situations you are describing. I personally have taugh...

lolwhite, I've haven't heard the term symmetrical before. The only term I'm familiar with is parallel. Coordinating conjunctions and comparatives require parallel structures on each side. For example: "blue and interesting" doesn't work because "interesting" is not a color "neither the movie nor see...

I had one small note to Stephen. He said: The whole point of the question is surely that there aren't any time markers. In fact, a perfect verb is a time marker. You can't use a perfect verb if there are not two points in time. Did you eat? can mean "anytime in the past" or "before now" Have you eat...

Sivvy, If you read my earlier explanation about word order, you'll understand how I explain this in simple english. I write two sentences on the board and ask them which needs the question mark and how do they know. For example: Tom is a teacher Is Tom a teacher This is usually a no brainer, but it ...

Both of the sentences are correct. The object of "by" can be joined with correct parallel structure in the first sentence or the "by" can be repeated so that the parallel structure is two prepositional phrases rather than objects. Usually we see the use of the second "by" when the objects contain ma...

Did you consider that the answer given is incorrect? If the answer is "A" then the sentence would not be parallel and both sides of a comparative adjective must be parallel.

I'm sure other native speakers will disagree with me, but I would be surprised to hear an official say the first two. Again, for me, the first is too informal and the second seems inappropriate; as if the plane always leaves at 10:00 tomorrow. I'd like to hear what some other native speakers say. I ...

I think the word you're looking for is "breezeway".

For me there are differences: The plane is leaving at 10:00 tomorrow = This is the plan, but you know how planes are. Sometimes they're early, sometimes late... The plane leaves at 10:00 tomorrow = This is the schedule put out by the airline. The plane will leave at 10:00 tomorrow = There is no doub...

Actually, you're pretty close. What is important here is what the native speaker hears so that he knows what to reply--communication. If a native speaker hears the verb before the subject then he knows he is being asked a question and responds to the question. Where is he? answer He isn't here. (Ans...

Liz, I wonder how your medical professional would explain to a new radiographer when to say to a patient: a) You broke your arm. b) You have broken your arm. c) You had broken your arm d) You were breaking your arm. Do you know when to use these? Other languages do NOT have these verbs and they all ...