DOG BUGGY

​I was thinking of buying a dog buggy. But I haven't decided which one is the best.
One day when I was browsing on the Internet, I learned that an exhibition for pet industries was going to take place in Tokyo.
It is called Interpets 2016.
I though it was a good opportunity to see and try some buggies for my dog.
I went there last Sunday. There were so many people.
Of course I could test drive a few buggies and got a lot of food samples.

=> Lucky dog! :)

I can only tell you how I order, and that is British English. If you'd like to call the waiter, you do not snap your fingers or shout, "Waiter!", or "Excuse me!" You raise your hand looking at a waiter, and he or she will acknowledge you and come to your table. Once the waiter is at your table, he or she will probably bring you the menu and ask you if you'd like something to drink. When they are back with your drink, they will ask you if you are ready to order and you can say something like, "Yes, please" followed by "I would like the vegetarian pasta please," or "I'll have the vegetarian pasta please." Bon appetite! :)

I can only tell you what sounds correct to me and that is, 'both as a teacher and researcher.' I'm bi-lingual from birth Italian and British English. Please notice that in Italian we would say, "sia come insegnante ..." without the indefinite article, but in English you would use the indefinite article "a." However you would only use it with the first noun. Similarly there is no need to repeat "as" with both words. You will also see this pattern with other prepositions. For example, 'I went to the library and post office' = 'Sono andato alla biblioteca e all'ufficio postale'. The preposition 'to' is used only with the first noun. The reason why I prefer to say "both as ... and ..." instead of "as both ... and ..." is because when you use "both ... and ..." with a preposition, the preposition usually goes after 'both' and it is used only once. For instance, 'I went both to the library and post office' = 'Sono andato sia alla biblioteca che all'ufficio postale.' The preposition 'to' is used after 'both' and not after 'and'.

First of all 'candelabraed pear trees' is an expression that very few people would use. However think about a candelabrum with many arms to hold candles. Then imagine that a pear tree has its branches attached to a wall so that they grow like the arms of a candelabrum. Why would someone want to do that? No idea. However it seems that some people do that with pear trees. Make a search on google for 'candelabra pear tree' and you'll see some images of what I mean. From the pictures you will see that you do not need a high wall for a cadelabraed pear tree. I don't have a clue why I know this. I probably saw them in Italy somewhere. When I read your sentence I understand, 'we passed stone farmhouses with (some) pear trees candelabraed against their south walls (of the farmhouses) and (some pear trees candelabraed against) low stone walls in the fields.' The reason why I do not think that it's the other option (that is, we passed stone farmhouses with pear trees candelabraed against their south walls and we passed low stone walls in the fields) is mostly stylistic. If that was the intended meaning, IMMO the sentence would possibly have been written as, 'we passed low stone walls in the fields and stone farmhouses with pear trees candelabraed against their south walls.' That is because 'low stone walls in the fields' is far shorter than 'stone farmhouses with pear trees candelabraed against their south walls.'