回复了主题 › [原创]Changing of the Guards 　　Must_be must be right. Every should be followed by singular nouns. I am wrong, there is no doubt about that. When I saw the red face, I knew I will be in trouble. Must_be has a thing about me getting those "red-faces." Mind you, he is right about my mistakes. I me

回复了主题 › [原创]Changing of the Guards 　　You are right, as usual.
　　"Frustrated and overworked" is a dangling modifier. It should be followed by "they." "Frustrated and overworked, they will eventually burn out." Same mistakes as you have pointed out before.
　　
　　mice is the plural of mouse

回复了主题 › [原创]Changing of the Guards 　　You don‘t have to point out that I should have written "Everyone who has been here" instead of "Everyone who have been here", I know. I have been saying this for n-times: "I make mistakes like that constantly."

回复了主题 › the fat lady有什么典故？ 　　Read the last paragraph in the 7th message 第7楼 of this thread :
　　看漫畫,學習練習英語-2(Comic strip English #1) Fat Lady Sings
　　http://www.rainlane.com/dispbbs.asp?boardID=27&ID=6467
　　
　　It tells of what some people think of as the real origin of this phr

回复了主题 › the fat lady有什么典故？ 　　Most people, including myself, thought the saying came from opera. In opera, most divas are fat. An opera usually ends when the divas bellows out the final aria. The opera "ain‘t over until the fat lady sings." The phrase comes to mean " something is not over u

回复了主题 › the fat lady有什么典故？ 　　Many of the illustrations at this site are gone due to a change over a few months ago. In the next few hours, I will try to restore as many pictures as possible. Meanwhile, just
　　read the text.
　　http://www.rainlane.com/dispbbs.asp?boardID=27&ID=6467

回复了主题 › [原创]Changing of the Guards 　　Of course I made those mistakes. Of course they are inexcusable. Everyone who have been here for more than a year would remember the numerous times I mentioned about my deficiencies. And everyone would remember you have a special grudge against me. Everyone know

创建了主题 › [原创]Changing of the Guards It is with much saddness that I learned of the decisions of our former moderators. However, I must admit it did not come as a surprise. Frustrated and overworked, it is a matter of time before burn out sets in. Besides, there is life outside of the BBS worl