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What's the difference between "grace" and "gracefulness"?
Despite the fact that "grace" can be a verb, what else differences do they have?
I read this sentence from somewhere else: What happened to your gracefulness?!
I know for sure this sentence is correct.
But can "grace" be substituted for "graceful" in this sentence ?
Thanks in advance.Sorry. It should be "gracefulness" instead of "graceful".
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What does "be populated by" mean?
"Against all odds and social conventions, a fandom for a show for young girls, that's populated mostly by the most unlikely of audiences, specifically teenagers and young adults of both genders, has survived for five whole years today."
In this sentence, what does "that's populated mostly by the most unlikely of audiences" mean?
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How to say this sentence in a more native way?
"How many same mistakes on earth do you want to make?"
By saying so, I want to blame the person for making the same mistake over and over agian.
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What should it be? Yes or no?
-"Is he not happy?"
A. -"Unfortunately, yes."
B. -"Unfortunately, no."
What's the right answer here that makes sense?
And also, is the first sentence ("Is he not happy?") correct?
How about "Isn't he happy?"
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Is there any difference between "For me" and "To me" lying at the beginning of a sentence?
e.g.
For me, this question is very easy to handle.
To me, listening to music is a good way to relax myself.
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Can an adverb modify a noun?
In these following sentences, does the adverb modify the noun?
"He is very much his father's son."
"Only I heard about the accident yesterday."
"I heard about only the accident yesterday."
"You can buy practically anything at a mall."
Thanks in advance!
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How to translate this sentence? (From English to Chinese)
"In your life there are a few places, or maybe only the one place, where something happend, and then there are all the other places."
--Atice Munro
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Please help me! What's the difference between [ɪ] and [i]?
Why is the word "city" pronounced ['sɪti], not ['siti]?
I cant understand. What's the difference here?
Do [ɪ] and [i] are the same pronunciation?
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What's the difference between [ri:] and [rei] ?
It is easy to distinguish one from the other when I pronounce [i:] and [ei], one sounds like E and the other sounds like A.
But it get harder when it comes to [ri:] and [rei]. Why is that?
Bonus: Do you know the correct English phonetic symbols for the Chinese character "瑞" ?
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How would you make this sentence sounds more naturely?
"It is the very existence of law that keeps the world more and more in order and in justice. Still, everybody deserves a second chance."
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