Still lifes versus still lives? - WordReference Forums
2011年4月16日 · A discussion forum about the correct plural form of still life, a genre of art depicting inanimate objects. Learn the reasons and examples for using still lifes or still lives, and the difference between life and lives in this context.
certain elements that… - WordReference Forums
2023年4月27日 · Despite much research , there are still certain elements in the life cycle of the insect that _____ not fully understood. A. are B. were C. is D. was In this sentence, I can't distinguish which part does the bolded that refer to; i mean, maybe elements, life cycle or insect.
Each other's life? - WordReference Forums
2008年8月22日 · A forum thread where users debate whether to use each other's life or lives in a letter. See different opinions, arguments and examples based on logic, usage and grammar.
You still have your whole life in front of you.
2013年6月19日 · Dutch: Je hebt nog een heel leven voor jou. [literatal translation: You still have a whole life in front of you.] My theory is that this sentence and meaning is probably a universal meaning because it exists in non-Indo-European languages too, which means that it is probably something which primitive people already had.
I’m still survived - WordReference Forums
2016年10月20日 · Still surviving. It's not negative, but it's not particularly positive as an attitude or feeling towards life, especially since one say you won't be able to say it any longer. And it doesn't make for a great epitaph. A normal conversational exchange between two …
Everyone's <life, lives>? - WordReference Forums
2006年12月13日 · A forum thread where users debate whether to use everyone's life or everyone's lives in a sentence. See different opinions, arguments, and sources on the grammar and usage of these expressions.
His sister has been an invalid all her life.
2022年8月16日 · The present perfect implies that she is still alive. If she was dead, I would use the past simple to make a similar comment about her: She was an invalid all her life. Reactions: RM1(SS) , london calling , Wordy McWordface and 1 other person
For the entire of my life - WordReference Forums
2014年5月2日 · Hello, I would like to know if this use is idiomatic> It's not really that I expect calm waters for the entire of my life, but more a matter of noticing a kind of condensed quality to all of this turmoil. Diary of a Country Therapist - Page 198 - Google Books...
Naturaleza Viva | WordReference Forums
2009年8月28日 · Cuando se habla de still life se refiere a un bodegón o a naturaleza muerta como obra de arte, no en su sentido literal. Still, en este sentido, quiere decir 'inmóvil', 'quieto', 'inerte'. Naturaleza viva: se me ocurre 'alive nature'.
Had he been alive or if he were alive | WordReference Forums
2010年6月13日 · It must be were he still alive, he would be... basic sequence of tenses in conditional sentences. Were he alive 2nd February 2011 he will be 100? (fine) - No, wrong. It must be Had he still been alive, he would have been... That's fine for past events, in my view. It could be the less formal version, as we discussed earlier.