Hi everyone. I have a question. There is my friend that was considered not the sharpest tool in the shed by me. However, it turned out that he is good at Maths. Is there an idiom in English that means that someone is getting smart in my mind (thoughts)? Tank you!

Hi everyone! I have a question about the subject-verb agreement. Is it good English to say, "Playing this game is both difficult and taking a lot of time."? Or should I say "Playing this game both is difficult and takes a lot of time. Thank you!

Hi everyone! I have a question about the sequence of tenses. Is it good English to say, "Did they forget that Monday is a working day?", or is it better to say "Have they forgotten that Monday is a working day?" Thank you

Hi everyone! I have a question about seasons. Is it good English to say, "Judging by those blooming flowers in your room, it must be a spring outside"? Thank you!

Hi everyone! I have a question about the agreement of tenses. Is it good English to say, "There is no time to sit here and do nothing since I was lazy last week"? (present tense) because (past tense) Thank you!

Hi everyone! I have a question about cheating. Is it good English to say, "Whenever I weigh myself, I always round down my weight."?

Hi everyone! I have a question about dancing and the idiom "go out on a limb". Is it good English to say, "I don't think I'm stepping out on a limb by saying that your dancing is like a feather floating in the air"? Will she get that I love the way she dances? Tank you.

Hi everyone! I have a question about checked shirts. What do we call these squared things on a checked shirt? Grid, cells, squares? Is it good English to say, "I love the size of the squares on your checked shirt."? Thank you!

Hi everyone! I have a question about electrons. Is it good English to say, "There is only 10 percent of battery charge left in my power bank."? Thank you!