A or An before such words like 'string' or 'story'? From what I know, you should use 'a' before words that start with 's' but such words like 'story' or 'string' are easier to pronounce with 'an' So witch one is correct, a or an?

you don't sum animals? I saw this sentences in one of my toefl books : "deer are very agile animals. " Shouldn't it be "deers" instead of deer?

what is the kanji letter for "satoshi" ? i searched in this site http://japanese.reader.bz/satoshi ... but it gave me so many answers ... i can't get it which is the correct one ... actually i want the kanji of this name "satoshi saito " ... please help me if you can ...

what is the kanji letter for "satoshi" ? i searched in this site http://japanese.reader.bz/satoshi ... but it gave me so many answers ... i can't get it which is the correct one ... actually i want the kanji of this name "satoshi saito " ... please help me if you can ...

is this kind of sentences wrong ? i see this one so much "why you do this?" ,,,, isn't it wrong grammatically ? ... shouldn't it be like " why are you doing this?" ... or another one like "why you have to do this ? " ... shouldn't it be like"why do you have to do this?" is it completely wrong to use them ... ?

pinocchio i hate TV so much ... i almost don't watch TV at all maybe its because it doesn't show my favorite programs ... but yeah ... today suddenly it happened that i watched TV ... it was showing one of those old and crappy movies ... it was "Pinocchio" ... i hated it but it made me to realize something maybe important ... there was a scene where Pinocchio's friend told him that they want to go to somewhere that has no school and we will be free and we can have fun forever ... Pinocchio liked it and followed them ... they went to a wonderland with so many toys and so much fun ... but the owner of the wonderland turned to be a mean one and he turned all of them into donkeys and made them to work for free .... i was wondering ... recently i am always thinking about being free and doing whatever i want ... like the wonderland that Pinocchio went to ... but why it can't be i wonder ... why if you follow your dreams and try to be free you will turn into donkey i wonder ... why the real world is so cruel and it doesn't allow you to be free .... why you always have to suffer to survive ... i really can't find an answer for this ... i just hope someday comes that everyone can live in the way they enjoy ... without turning into donkeys .... i believe that day will come ... but when ?

whats the meaning of "bash" ? there is a lyrics of a song that tells "i bash myself to sleep" .... i can't get it ... bash means something like beating ? ... but i found another sentences like "a birthday bash is just waste of time " .... so whats the meaning of bash exactly ?

whats wrong with this people ? today somebody insulted me so badly because i'm Iranian .... is it really bad to be Iranian ? ... but the problem isn't just that ... in iran people also insult me because of so many reasons ... just what the heck is wrong with this humans ? can't you just live peacefully ? the people around world look upon iranians like the worst humans on the world ... PEOPLE WAKE UP ... WE ARE NOT LIKE THAT .... and beside that people in iran also look to each other like animals nobody respects to each other ... to each other's thoughts ... they just want the worst things for each other .... why ? ... there is a saying that "if you don't respect to yourself others also will not " (i can't remember the exact words but yeah ... ) ..... HEY IRANIAN PEOPLE .... WAKE UP ... YOU SHOULD CHANGE YOURSELVES ... LETS RESPECT TO OURSELVES ... LETS SHOW THE WORLD THAT WE ARE NOT THAT BAD ... i can't get it .. why only because the governments of the countries are enemies ... the people of those countries also should be enemies ? are you people just a tool of the government ? ... should you just copy whatever they say ? iran was one of the very first countries and has a great history and culture ... so whats wrong now ? ... why should i be ashamed from being iranian ? .... why nobody accepts me ? nor Iranians nor others ?