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2008-10-09 When to use she or her: Venessa: You should use "her," because it is one of the two objects of the preposition "from." [The other object is "Mr. Smith."] Objects require the objective case. "Her" is the "objective...
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2008-10-05 tense/will have: Question: Hello Ted! How's your Sunday going? It was a nice sunny day here in the place where I live, and it was even pretty warm. Probably it was one of the last warm days and it will be only getting...
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2008-10-04 RE: WORD: James: You can use "retroactive" to refer to the 1999 plans, but you'll have to revise your sentence. What you mean is that the plans were originally made in 1999 and were never implemented. It's...
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2008-10-03 tenses/were/had been/have been: Luke: Here's the problem: THE VERB 'SAYS' The press release is "now" -- it was issued today. "A press release issued today says . . . ." release = subject says = verb past participle...
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2008-10-02 tenses/were/had been/have been: Luke: Your questions -- A press release issued today says [it has to be "SAYS" and the second part of the sentence has to be in the past] that security issues were/had been/have been one of...
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