The first is fine, though a bit odd... We'd probably phrase it as She is my would-be wife. This would mean that she wants to be your wife but isn't... and you may or may not share that aspiration with her. "Would-be" is a special word/concept. Desiring, attempting, or professing to be...

Readily: Without hesitation or reluctance; willingly. -Without delay or difficulty; easily. I believe these definitions should answer your question; maybe google the definition of the word and examine the different contexts it can be used in before asking on here. To me, this site is for qu...

I was about to give my daughter a shower and I saw that she did not clean her toothbrush last time she used it so I said.. Please clean your toothbrush after you use it. (I did not say the word "always" but I meant that) Then she corrected me as Please clean your toothbrush after you used it. ...

Could you help me to recover full version of the following dialog: — Nice to meet you. — Me too. If I am correct, the first sentence in its full version is: — It is/was nice to meet you. What is full version of the second sentence?

I wanted to know if there's any technique, website or anything where if we put in some sentence, it gives us a word for that. For ex - The sentence string be like " I don't know " and I want a word for it?

I see three different versions on Indian media. The context is threatening someone to do some work forcefully. Put a knife on my throat Put a knife at my throat Put a knife to my throat I feel 'on' should be the choice. Kindly enlighten me. Okay! Are those all three possible?

I am working on an article / story about legal cannabis in Colorado, and I have written this sentence regarding the smell upon entering a large, industrial grow room: The only way I know how to describe it is as if the very essence of the best, medicinal grade cannabis in the world were fused...

I have read improving together with terms like pain multiple times, and never was confident this means the pain is reduced so its an improvement of pain in a sense of suffering. Or it might mean the pain is improved in a sense of makign it more intense. What obvisious would result in opposite m...

Usage of articles in English sometimes seems totally haphazard or random. Many times, it is just an idiomatic usage. As a native speaker, I can say that the following are idiomatic in American English: Do you need to go to the hospital? This is the case, even when we do not have a particu...

Can I say: Wish you a safe way back to home when I am trying to tell someone I wish them to return home safely? When I was googling, I saw that there is another meaning for the phrase way back, which means long ago. Because of that I'm unsure whether I am using it correctly in my sentence. ...

~ - this is called Tilde. " and ' - these are called Double and Single Quotes, respectively. : and ; - these are called full and semi colon, respectively. ? - this is called the Question Mark. / - this is called the slash. < and > are called brackets (at times), but are mostly r...

I'm confused and can't find the difference between them...Could somebody help me?

Since want is a stative verb, in American and British English one would use the present simple tense. Stative verbs describe states or conditions which continue over a period of time, so like, love, hate, want, need, hear and see would all be examples of stative verbs. These verbs are not n...