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“The interest rate on/of/for my savings account is 3 %.” Which preposition is correct? Thanks.
https://www.reddit.com/r/EnglishLearning/comments/1hymyth/the_interest_rate_onoffor_my_savings_account_is_3/
What does "suggest" mean here?
*His own party leader is* ***suggesting*** *that he's been ousted.* Does this mean the leader stated that he's been ousted?
I have a question
"I can get peace of mind getting older." I just make the sentence to translate Korean "나이가 들수록 마음에 여유가 생겼다“ but I actually don't know if it is right nuance.
Anyone does help me to know of my mistakes !
I was given a classic fill-in-the-gap task for verb tenses (all of them). However, after i've submitted it done, it won't let me know which ones i didn't do well. Here's the text. Thirteen-year-old Kesz Valdez (1)\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (smile) as he receives his award. Today is a big day as he (2)\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (just / win) the International Children’s Peace Prize for helping street children in the Philippines. However, life (3)\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (always / not be) kind to Kesz. When he was just two years old, his father (4)\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (force) him to work in the Cavite City dump. Life was so bad that when he was four, he (5)\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (run away) from home and began living on the streets. Then, a few years later, an accident happened. While he (6)\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (look for) food in a rubbish dump one night, he (7)\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (fall) into a pile of burning rubbish and severely injured his arm. Things couldn't get any worse for Kesz, but fortunately, his luck started to change. A community worker called Harnin Manalaysay (8)\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ him \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_(take in), (9)\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (look after) him and treated his wounds. Kesz (10) \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (never / know) such kindness before, and the experience changed his life. He wanted to help other street children in the same way, so, with his guardian's help, Kesz (11)\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (found) an organization called Championing Community Children. Kesz and his friends (12)\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (visit) underprivileged communities and talking to children about their rights for eight years now. They (13)\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (give out) ‘Hope Gifts' to more than 5,000 children, which include hygiene products, clothing and toys. Since 2006, Kesz (14)\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (become) a new voice for the voiceless. “I want children in the streets to get the same chance I had,' he says. ‘My motto is: we can change the world one heart at a time.' Here all my anwsers: 1) is smiling - 2) has just won - 3) wasn't (or hasn't always been) - 4) forced - 5) ran away - 6) was looking for - 7) fell - 8= took him in (i doubt if the right one actually was "***had taken him in***") - 9) looked after - 10) had never known - 11) founded (i have my doubts on this one too, might it have been "**had founded**"? - 12) have been visiting - 13) gave out - 14) became.
weird structure/order with confusing negatives
so im a native speaker but today i was reading something for class and noticed a lot of old-sounding (potentially archaic or reserved for intellectual literature) syntax, for lack of a better word. > image 1: "he was home but little" this seems like it's saying "he was home (all the time) except for little (= sometimes)" but the contact suggests that he was often *not* home, and rarely was. > image 2: "... his not playing there" as i understand it, "(not) playing there" is treated as a noun in this structure? how does that work? > image 3: "... little old, bent, withered figure..." the lack of a comma between "little" and "old" is confusing me. is one of them acting as an adverb for the other adjective? > image 4: "when is it to be mine?" shouldn't it say "when is it *going* to be mine" instead? > image 5: "the most sluggish of pulses" why is the word "of" included here? wouldn't the sentence be correct without it?
How can I improve my accent?
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Is there any special term for this hole?
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