Is it nessecery to use 'of?' Hello guys, I read a story on a web, somehow, I got a question. Here is the text: some romantic vision shaped by the Saturday-matinee Doris Day movies of my childhood. The point is why it's 'of my childhood.' If I was the writter, I would write 'in my childhood' or 'during my childhood.' Could you please help me what the difference is? Thanks.

Does these prepositions in this place make sense? Hi everyone, Sometimes I'm really not sure about what is right preposition to use, I know it depends on conditions, but it just seems like there are more than one option. The following is one of questions I'm encountering: The greatest cause of both the deflation and economic weakness of the past two decades is a lack of private sector borrowers. I'm thinking what about 'economic weakness during the past two decades' and 'economic weakness within the past two decades' instead of 'of.' These prepositions look like making sense for me, please help me check them out.

Being or not being? Hi there, I just read something about Japan's recent economy in English, and I was confused about a thing. Here is the text: the fact that the market has moved so much without a single shot being fired by either the central bank or the government begs the question: how much of this is hype... The writer uses being fired, but it would be just fired if I had written this article. Is there any difference between 'being fired' and 'fired'?

Am I right about the description? Hi everyone, this is my question: She is one of our models who is devoted to her work. I would like to introduce a hard-working colleague in this way, is it ok?

Am I right about 'as heavy as the beginning' Hi everyone, please help me ckeck out this, thnak you: as heavy as the beginning I just try to express that the weight of a bag does not get lighter after getting rid of some stuff inside. But I have no idea if it is a good way to say that or there is a better way.

Why the artical use 'p.p.' other than 'to verb?' I read a part of newpaper: In a study involving more than 400,000 people, those who exercised for 90 minutes a week were also 14 percent less likely to have died after eight years than those who were inactive. I have no idea why the artical use 'to have died' rather than ''to died'? Is that a common way to analyze a data?

It is to or in in this case? Which should I use when borading, beg limited to weight or beg limited in weight?What I want to realize is that I've ever heard limited to and limited in, somehow the usage to me is blurred, I would like to figure them out.

Why does it use "marriage" in this invitation? I read a sample of a wedding invitation card after throwing a bridal shower, which says, "Mr. and Mrs.xxx request the honour of your presence at the marriage of their daughter." I am curious about the reason that it uses "marriage instead of "wedding." In most cases, a marriage is set up after the wedding, isn't it?

I need help to clarify these patterns. 1.I have recieved the mail. 2.I had recieved the mail. 3.I recieved the mail. I am wondering what differences among these three tense are, since they all mean the action is happened, but when to use which tense is proper and correct? I read the grammar book, though, I still feel mess.