Possible Duplicate: Can I use an “if” clause without “then”? If a computer programmers reads an "if" statement, it will be always followed by a "then". Hope any programmer here can understand well. So is it required to add a "then" after the comma that connects...

so is there any correspondence between those two ? :P In my opinion they're pretty familiar in terms of morphology and, sometimes, semantics.

I tried "presentator" and "presentater", but there's no such words in my dictionary and Google. What is the word I'm searching?

What is the difference between commentor and commentator? Is commentor or commenter a legal English word?

Another thread addresses the Englishness of the words. My question is different and a lot more convoluted: I hope I can make it plain and simple. I. There are straightforward nouns of action and agency with roots in English verbs: procrastinator, loafer, snoozer. And other nouns that arise from ...

read -> reader hate -> hater hit -> hitter But: meditate -> meditator collect -> collector What's the rule?

In a grammar book that I'm reading, an adjective is defined as: A word that modifies a noun or a pronoun. (To modify is to limit or point out or describe: that book; another chance; the blue ribbon). For convenience the articles a, an, and the are usually classified under adjectives. ...

I want a more common expression for the following scenario: Ada: Could you please dry wash these clothing? Bob: Yes, but there may be a bit abrasion for the buttons. Ada: That's fine, just wash them as you want. Bob: OK. Ada: When can I pick them up? Bob: Tomorrow aft...

Usually, we omit the a in a situation like this: I'm going to eat/have breakfast. Unless you want to say something like this: I usually eat a [adjective] breakfast. Or: We're having a breakfast meeting. Etc. But in the specific case you asked about, eat and have are interchange...