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How do I change my profile email address?
Hi admins, I went into my profiles - account settings page but I can't change my email address (the field is not in textbox so I don't know how/where to make the changes). My existing email on profile is no longer valid.
Thanks for the help.
- by capnx
Wed Jun 15, 2011 8:10 am- Forum: Suggestions and Feedback
- Topic: How do I change my profile email address?
- Replies: 3
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- by capnx
Fri Apr 22, 2011 8:55 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: I am well?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1547
Sorry I think u misunderstood. I'm saying adv cannot modify nouns/pronouns, and adj only modify nouns/pronouns.
and I'm disagreeing with your statement "some verbs may be modified by adjectives too."
- by capnx
Fri Apr 22, 2011 3:04 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: I am well?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1547
Strictly speaking it should be: I am doing well. I am good. Well is an adverb modifying "doing", Good is an adjective modifying "I". If you switch the pronoun to 3rd person, it may be easier to see: He is doing well. He is good. I don't agree with pemdas, adverbs cannot modify no...
- by capnx
Fri Apr 22, 2011 1:12 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: I am well?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1547
Thanks force5. Your explanation is very good. But I have some other questions about infinitive and passive voice. In your example, you used "More cars were produced to increase efficiency" and you said this is ok. My question is, in this case, is there a clear actor or subject for the infi...
- by capnx
Fri Apr 22, 2011 6:46 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: What's wrong with this sentence structure
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1642
What's wrong with this sentence structure
Someone please give a little explanation as to why the following structure is grammatically wrong/not preferred: To increase efficiency, more cars were produced. Due to higher costs, less spending is needed. My tutor says I should not write/use structures like the above. Could someone provide the gr...
- by capnx
Thu Apr 21, 2011 9:05 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: What's wrong with this sentence structure
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1642
- by capnx
Wed Oct 06, 2010 2:09 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Tough SC question2
- Replies: 17
- Views: 4087
the BLAHBLAHBLAH is the predicate and object...
The Story Untold was sold to producers, (a transaction...) is the modifier further explaining about the selling process
- by capnx
Sun Dec 27, 2009 9:11 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: the story untold...
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1339
E maintains the parallel "more related to X than to Y..." also, if everything else is right (grammar, parallelism, comparison...), "because" is preferred over "due to" for style reasons Capnx, I think the style reason that you're talking about is between "Due to v...
- by capnx
Mon Dec 21, 2009 11:47 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Due to vs because of
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5778
E maintains the parallel "more related to X than to Y..."
also, if everything else is right (grammar, parallelism, comparison...), "because" is preferred over "due to" for style reasons
- by capnx
Mon Dec 21, 2009 11:18 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Due to vs because of
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5778
the second "will" is omitted: the computer software will not only meet... but [will] also have ... so the "have" is not so much singular or plural, but part of "will have". another subtle idiom is "the power of facilitating" and "the power to facilitate&q...
- by capnx
Fri Dec 18, 2009 10:51 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: comp software�, is singular or plural
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1689
- by capnx
Tue Dec 15, 2009 7:21 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: survey
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1420
- by capnx
Tue Dec 15, 2009 1:19 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Apostrophe " 'S "
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6083
the rule is
subjunctive: "command/request/order + that + noun + bare verb"
(The judge ordered that he be locked up).
infinitive: "command/request/order + noun + infinitive"
(The judge ordered him to be locked up).
- by capnx
Mon Dec 14, 2009 4:35 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: "Request that he do" or "Request him to do -
- Replies: 4
- Views: 29185
can be easy if you pick up on the idiom "made up for", so only D is correct.
"made up by" means something is composed of...
"made up for" means to make amends for...
- by capnx
Sun Dec 13, 2009 11:57 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: PARRALLELISM
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2036