I saw a sentence that has the word shift. I am trying to understand the sentence but it has become hard to understand. The sentence is "Over the past few years shifts in educational policies have affected society especially in developed nations". I am not quite sure how the "shift" is us...

Doctors Are Not “Only Out to Make Money” I read that article and can't get a good word for that kind of doctors, except the term doctors (who) are only out to make money in the second line of the third paragraph (I add the who). I would like to have a good concise term for this kind of doctors. ...

after last season critics all be like, "oh please please give us more complexity" since the end felt like i let down when the complex stuff end up being a red herring. Source: http://www.vox.com/2015/7/27/9045233/true-detective-recap-episode-6/in/8586222 Is the form "all be like" allowable in ...

I'm comparing my old house and my current house. First, I'd like to talk about my old house and then I will talk about my current house. In this situation, I need to bring up the topic of my old house. To this end, can I use "when it comes to" like the following? If not, is there any suggestion? ...

You aren't using it quite right. It's a bit forced when comparing only two things. I tend to rush through the aisles of the supermarket, not wanting to waste much time there, and the canned music is often terrible, so I want to get out quickly. One box of oatmeal is as good as the next. But when...

In Persian, when we want to make a question we put some words in front of the sentence (How, Why) but the sentence remains the same, if it is a normal question such is it red, in formal sentences we put a specific word like "Aya it is red", otherwise we simply say "it is red?" (by the way I shoul...

1.Explain about what you usually do from the moment you wake up and to the moment you go to sleep. 2.Explain about what you usually do after you wake up and until you go to sleep. my humble personal opinion is that from the moment = after / to the moment = until But I'm not sure if I ...

This is an interesting question, because looking at a dictionary definition, I would agree with Catija and laureapresa that "to form" is not the right verb here. However, I have used it this way myself, so I did a quick Google search for the exact phrase "forms a part of" and got over 33 million ...

We usually say, Windows 10 has been launched. Why can't we say, Windows 10 has been inaugurated. If we can, then why are there two different words for exactly the same thing.