...______At 10:33 AM +0000 3/9/08, Michael Quinion wrote:The phrase "few would argue that" appeared in the last World Wide Words newsletter and was criticised by numerous subscribers as being either an error ("argue" used when "dispute" was meant) or yet another example of...
...ing a hard time paying their water bill，还有 Here are five
reasons why you have a hard time finding love。想请教老师，have a hard time后面的ing结构是动名词短语还是现在分词短语呢？这个结构在这两句子中承担什么语法角色功能呢？
...原形的。如：Go and ask how much to pay. 去问问要付多少钱。You don’t know how hard to pass the exam. 你不知道要通过考试有多难。I don’t know how far to trust
them. 我不知道应该相信他们到什么程度。Exactly how much to tip a server
is at the discretion of t...
—Why did you worry about me?I didn't take any risks.—Well,you ______ injured.A.must have beenB.could have beenC.should have beenD.would have been请教一下老师，这道题为什么选D?
... be
satisfied, since the refusal which his cousin had stedfastly given him would
naturally flow from her bashful modesty and the genuine delicacy of her
character. This
information, however, startled Mrs. Bennet; -- she would have been glad to be
equally satisfied that her daughter had meant to enc...
...nger? 累了吗?
还能坚持一会儿吗?The man lashed the donkey but it would not go any
faster. 这人用鞭子抽驴，可是它再也跑不快了。I was ill yesterday and I don’t feel any better
today. 我昨天病了，今天一点也不觉得比昨天好些。Looking back，I
don’t supp...
各位老师，下面这个句子动词不定式用法对不对?To win the battle, some urgent measures have to be carried out immediately.按理说，to do做句子的目的状语，逻辑主语不是句子主语么？但这个句子的主语是“some urgent measures”。谢谢老师。
Do you remember all those years when scientists argued that smoking would kill us but the doubters insisted that we didn't know for sure?That the evidence was inconclusive, the science uncertain? That the antismoking lobby was out to destroy our way of life and the government should stay out of t...
...d have saved yourself 3 dollars.If you told me that the older one was 6, I wouldn't have known the difference."Bobby replied, "Yes, that may be true, but the kids would knowthe difference. It is my responsibility to set a good example forthem. That way, they can grow up and set good examples for oth...
... side that if you dropped a
stone from the top, which is 188 feet high, it would fall 16 feet from the base
of the tower.句子意思读得懂，但是理解不了后半句要表达的意思，塔倾斜得厉害，从顶部丢一块石头，在塔的底部下落16英尺是什么意思？还请老师...
...rom “ugly”
(but quite eatable) vegetables rejected by grocers to large amounts of uneaten
dishes thrown into restaurant garbage cans.Producing
food that no one eats wastes the water, fuel, and other resources used to grow
it. That makes food waste an environmental problem. In fact, Royte writes,...
...on your own head be itFar be it from me to interfere in your affairs but I would like to give you just one piece of advice.请教曹老师，这里的两个句子是因为开头是介词短语和副词，而把be提前的完全倒装句吗？这里为什么要用be而不用is？