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1) This is an expensive coat to wear on a hiking trip. 2) This is an expensive coat to be worn on a hiking trip. Meaning: It is not wise to wear such an expensive coat on a hiking trip. You shouldn't wear it on a hiking trip. It is too expensive for that. Are sentences '1' and '2' correct and do th...

Which are correct: 1) Take enough painkillers not to feel the pain. 2) Take enough painkillers so you won't feel pain. 3) Take enough painkillers so that you won't feel pain. 4) Take enough painkillers that you won't feel pain. 5) Take enough painkillers so you don't feel the pain. 6) Take enough pa...

1) You can help end poverty if you want it. 2) You can help end poverty if you want that. 3) You can play a part in ending poverty if you want it. 4) You can play a part in ending poverty if you want that. Does replacing 'it' with 'that' change anything? Do ' it' and 'that ' refer to your helping t...

Which are correct: 1) Tom's and Pete's intelligence was put to good use in that project. 2) Tom's and Pete's intelligences were put to good use in that project. 3) Tom's and Pete's talent was put to good use in that movie. 4) Tom's and Pete's talents were put to good use in that movie. Gratefully, N...

Which are correct: 1) That movie is the best of any science fiction movie that came out this year. 2) That movie is the best of all science fiction movies that came out this year. Meaning: That movie is the best science fiction movie that came out this year. 3) That movie is the best of any science ...

Which are correct: 1) We are going to watch some movies in class during the course. I am planning to watch some additional movies on my own as well, for instance Antonioni's "L'Aventura". 2) We are going to watch some movies in class during the course. I am planning to watch some additional movies o...

Which of the following are correct:

1) The bus arrived needs repairs.
2) The bus just arrived needs repairs.

3) The bus arrived from London needs repairs.
4) The bus just arrived from London needs repairs.

Gratefully,
Navi

Thank you very much, Phil,

I think I've finally got it!!

By the way, sometimes one can be humourous jut by calling a thing by its name, especially if the thing in question is humour!!

Respectfully,
Navi

Which are correct: 1) I am in no rush to see him. You wouldn't believe how much I am not in a rush to see him. 2) I am in no rush to see him. You wouldn't believe how little of a rush I am in to see him. 3) You won't believe how much I am not interested to hear what you have to say. 4) You won't bel...

1) He waits till he's onstage for his eyeball to explode. Source: Bill Maher https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ob7EWtaUL_o From 3:15 to 3:20 I understand what he's saying and I suppose the context allows for a lot of licence. He is basically implying that Biden was responsible for what happened and t...

1) “I think we’ve made our best album since Quadrophenia in 1973,” singer Roger Daltrey said in a statement to Rolling Stone. Source: https://www.yahoo.com/entertai...years-161130863.html Quadrophenia was an album that came out in 1973. It was the only album by that name. The question is whether th...

Which are correct and which are acceptable in formal English: 1) Money is better than absolute poverty. 2) A little money is better than absolute poverty. 3) Some money is better than absolute poverty. 4) No money is better than being heavily in debt. I'd put 'having' in the beginning of all of them...

Which are correct: 1) We could use up to eight colors, but I think four is enough. I think four colors is best. I don't care which ones are used. 2) We could use up to eight colors, but I think four is enough. I think four colors is the best. I don't care which ones are used. 3) We could use up to e...

Which are correct: 1) A great number of accidents indicate that there is something wrong with the policies adopted by urban authorities. 2) A great number of accidents indicates that there is something wrong with the policies adopted by urban authorities. 3) In a city like ours, thousands of acciden...

1) The regulatory environment is different in each country, such that it is not possible to put together two equities dealing operations on the same platform. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Source Collins Dictionary https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/such-that Does '1' mean: a) It is ...