Discussion Groups / ESL Teaching / January 2005

It may seem difficult at first glance, to distinguish any kind of order
in the jumble of experiments, organizations and theories whose
incessantly growing mass forms the baggage-train of the human caravan.  
Purely quantitative progress, the skeptics tell us.  But if we stand

I was attempting to break each word in the quote "Great literature is
simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree."
into noun/verb etc and have a question.
Is the word utmost in "to the utmost possible degree" an adjective

    I´d like to know what are these words from the beginning of "civil war"
(a Guns & roses theme). I mean, not the meaning but if they are part of
an important political speech or something like this (from a popular
movie, etc.)Thank you all:

Hi
I need a bit of help with the following sentence. Which of the three
versions below is the more correct and why?
1. In the age of customer power, marketing is therefore an essential

What is a "water bull"?
Just a bull living near the water? Or some other animal (like, for
instance, the "sea lion", which is not a lion at all, or the "bullfrog",
that is a special kind of frog) ?

This is a long shot - anybody here got a copy of Volume 15 Edition 1
of TESL Canada Journal and a scanner?
DC

While I was listening a english education program, I heard this
expression "cough up a hairball".
It reminds me of one scene of the movie SHREK2 - I guess many of you
have seen that movie.

Well, maybe there is another phrase "find a job".
Which is INcorrect?
TIA,
Huang

The energy which is expended in mere thinking, talking or writing is
like the steam which escapes through the whistle of the railway engine.  
The whistle makes a noise, and is even interesting, but it cannot drive
the engine forward.  No amount of whistling can move the engine ...

1. Finished in analize the recieved document.
2. Finished to create application program.
3. Post question to the internet newsgroups.
4. Refer text book.

Which of these two sentences is correct?  I have friends that are divided
over this.  If it matters, the sentence starts a paragraph.
Version #1: The reason I am writing to you today is to ask if your company
would be willing to be the fund’s patron?

test

Even if there is some kind of internal program that describes the mind
as cognitive scientists hope, the deep theory of that program will have
to be based on neuroscience just as chemistry is based on quantum
theory.  The complexity of this undertaking is immense and lies in the

I got confused with the usage of subject form and object form of
pronouns.
1) John hoped the passenger would be Mary and indeed it was she.
In my opinion, "it" refers to "the passenger" and let me complete the