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The sentences below are part of data illustrated in the homepage of "Lungevity Foundation" that is said to dedicate to funding lung cancer research (http://www.lungevity.org/facts.htm). In 2002, an estimated 170,000 people will be newly diagnosed with lung cancer, and an estimated 155,000 people wil...

I appreciate your deep considerations on the sentence I posted. By the way, is'nt there any grammatical errors in using "that" in the original sentence (Tom did not like that John had much Iatalian food at Mrs. Kim's house)? I mean, some people maintain that there should be an antecedent in front of...

Hello, there!
Is the sentence below grammatically correct?

Tom didn't like that John had much Italian food at Mrs. Kim's house.

Thank you.

Hello there. I have one more question. Actually this quesiton occurred to me while I was driving through the rain today. Is there any meaning difference between 1) "She is so pretty" and 2) "She is very pretty" ? I have heard that the former expression (so beautiful) is more subjective than the latt...

I appreciate your fantastic explanation with the authentic situation I am familiar with. Very understandable!!

Oh! You're right.

Then it looks a little funny that the ungrammatical sentence appears in a textbook for high school students.
By the way,
if we replace "What had he said" to "What did he say", isn't there any grammatic and semantic problems?

Hello, there! Thanks for your fresh ideas and information every time. First of all, I need to make sure that the sentence below is cited from an English related society on the web, which is "Socitey of English Teachers in Korea". Here is the question. What is the exact meaning of the sentence below?...

I remember that I have ever studied about "iceberg methphor", in relation to CALP and BICS, and "pendulum metaphor" which deals with the two language functions.

Hi, this is a student majoring in TESL. I am thinking of writing a thesis related to "Communicative Language Teaching". More specifically, I would say, "How to help elementary students improve their speaking skills through Communicative Language Teaching". The teaching patterns of CLT might vary by ...