word choice - Are poem recital and poetry recitation correct and ...
2018年11月26日 · Another way of saying that is to use the noun recitation: they gave a recitation. There is something rather artificial about the word recitation. Back in the early 20th century in the UK there were Music Halls, where a combination of singing, dancing, comedy, ventriloquism and other light entertainment was given.
Difference between recite /read/tell a poem
2019年9月25日 · "Tell" doesn't sound idiomatic in this context at all. "Telling" something normally means that you are speaking extemporaneously, but with poetry, you should stick to the intended words. "Tell a story" is appropriate because a story does not rely on a rhyme scheme or rhythm and so the same content can be told extemporaneously.
Which is the correct question ("Who has" vs "Who have")?
The OP's question involves the topic of interrogative pronouns (e.g. "who" and "what") and the question of whether they could be considered to be singular or plural.
word request - "Once, twice, thrice,...", what comes next? - English ...
2016年12月29日 · There are also some other ways to reference numbers of "things" which don't really apply or work in the "times" example (some of which are a little archaic and more likely to be seen in literature or poetry than in everyday conversational speech/writing): 2 ants -> a pair/duo of ants; 3 mice -> a trio/trinity of mice; 4 cats -> a quartet of cats
word order - "I am here" or "Here I am" or "Here am I" - English ...
2017年2月19日 · The last variation "Here am I", although not rare, tends to be a less common usage, and is normally used only in prose, poetry, song, and some literature, where changing the usual word order may occur to add 'art'. It might be spoken as part of a play, but is not normally used in common spoken English.
poetry - How would you interpret the meaning of "green wars" in …
2019年7月30日 · And would never use a Spanish poem in translation for my English class, unless it was a college course on quality in the translation of poetry. – Lambie Commented Jun 12, 2020 at 15:41
When to use 'which' or 'in which' or 'that' (as relative pronouns)?
@StoneyB I may be too clumsy, but I guess I'm confused by the structure of your sentence '‘Pied-piping’ is the technical term for a Wh- relative pronoun’s dragging along the preposition of which it is the object when it ‘moves’ to the head of a relative clause from the position which its referent would occupy in the corresponding main clause'.
vocabulary - excited about; excited at - English Language Learners ...
‘Excited at’ couldn’t take gerunds seems not to be matched with COCA’s examples: “People are excited at having you back”, “He was excited at being a recording artist”, “At one point, Jerry, excited at having his monotonous evening livened up a little, dashed toward Linda.”, “excited at getting to play at being bigshots for the day”, “Excited at being with Steve ...
word usage - "familiar to" vs. "familiar with" - English Language ...
I'm sorry, I'm not familiar with your poetry. In the following context, which one should I use? British English is familiar to Chinese kids, since they are taught in school with British English. or. Chinese kids are familiar with British English, since they are taught in school with British English. Could someone please give a hint? Thanks in ...
"You are" vs. "you're" — what is the difference between them?
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