> Whence they appear, and where they briskly go, Ask not the wind, for wind could never catch them, And if its gusts in speed could ever match them, They’d never tell, and you would never know
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> Do not believe, whoever tells you so, That it’s themselves they’re running from, their struggles; A mighty stream a-flight in foam and bubbles Itself will stay, despite its constant flow.
Please help me write correctly: Only a photo of you|yourself can be set as main. You can upload any images regarding you|yourself and games, for example...
I think 'you' in the 1st and 'yourself' in the 2nd.
> The brain is not only able to finish the sentences of others: A study by the Basque research centre BCBL has shown for the first time that it can also anticipate an auditory stimulus and determine the phonemes and specific words the speaker is going to pronounce.
This sentence comes from a GRE prep course:
As the creation of new knowledge through science has become institutionalized, resistance to innovation has become less aggreesive, taking the form of inertia rather than direct attack.
Since there would be many attacks from all around inno...
It's perfectly grammatical. The word would is used here in a conditional sense.
I would travel to China to learn Chinese.
Why would I do that? - To learn Chinese.
Am I very wrong here?
I haven't answered a question in a long while and have forgotten the grammar.
@CowperKettle I didn’t think so, but I’m not much use when it comes to grammar
I don’t know why the question was deleted by the author
@CowperKettle I undeleted the question, because I think it's useful. I don't think you were wrong. Maybe the downvote was just from someone who wanted a citation or something more official seeming rules about the grammar.
We went out to look at the house we are going to buy with the inspector today. It is probably the only good thing that came from hurricane Florence - the heavy rain from the edges of the storm showed us a drainage problem we will need to fix. It's not too serious now, but it could cause big problems left untended.
My husband is very excited about having a big workshop (me too even though the house needs some work because if he has a workshop, he can build me stuff :))