I'm new in English speaking... In these 3 sentences, I should fall or rise intonation? (Here’s your bill...) What´s the $20 for? (Oh! You’re from Russia!) It’s so far from here, isn’t it? May I have your passport, please? I think: rise rise first rise, then fall Am I right? Edit: I added...

Consider these two questions: Would you mind saying a little bit more about that? and What do you mean by that? When they perform the same function, and I expect an answer to both, why does the first have a falling intonation and the second one which rises? My group of learners are a...

Consider the sentence: You didn't leave the dog in the car, did you? In oral English, this statement may be spoken with a rising intonation or a falling one. If the former, it suggests that leaving the dog in the car is a bad thing, and might even suggest incredulity and consternation on th...

“When I came back from the East last autumn I felt that I wanted the world to be in uniform and at a sort of moral attention forever; I wanted no more riotous excursions with privileged glimpses into the human heart” Does "at a sort of moral attention" mean the same moral level or something ...

He was charged with killing 13 people. He was charged with having killed 13 people. He was charged with the crime he killed 13 people. I suppose the phrase no. 1 is correct but the others also make sense or are they grammatically wrong?

What's the difference between "you're not" and "you ain't" (.. coming home ..)? I do realize that ain't is a contraction for are not - but still. Wich one of the two should be used when? What's most formal/informal?

Consider this example: Sustainability management in large organisations is an important activity that helps to achieve one’s business goals while at the same time reducing their environmental impact and improving benefits to wider society." Does it make sense to use both one’s and their to ...