Dearly Plus or Minus?? I have heard that word itself has the nuance of plus and minus :) for example, the word "that" has minus nuance it self right? Maybe it's only depends on how you personally feel though...lol So what I want to know is, what kind of nuance the word "dearly" has. Here's the sentence where I found this word in. => He paid dearly for the aggressive impulses.

Sentence pattern Hi!! :D I'm a Japanese so I wonder if you learn in the same way with me, though in Japan we sometimes split the sentences into "sentence pattern". Like SVO or SVOC...there's 3 more. If you know this, I wanna know how do you split an interrogative sentence. Is it able to apply the 5 sentences pattern method(method??) to an interrogative sentence? Thank you :) And if you can, how?? :) Thank you!

Having been... Hi there! :) I couldn't figure out one thing in this sentence. "He was irritated by himself for not having been more careful." The place im confused by is "having been". Is this a form of present perfect? I would be very happy of you could explain this gramatically :) Thank you!!!

Why you don't put "a" first??? Now I have something that I can't understand :( Paul is so pleasant a person that everyone likes him at once. Why you don't put "a" before the word "pleasant"?? I would be very happy if you could tell me :D God bless

One from the other I was translating Japanese sentences into English now, though there's one thing I can't understand, so I will ask you :) I would be very happy if you could kindly answer my question. The thing I could not understand was... "Those umbrellas were so much alike that it was impossible to distinguish one from the other." Why you don't use the before one in this sentence? I mean like "the one from the other". English is sometime so confusing for me...:) :P

Are these sentences ok?? I would be very happy if you could tell me if my usage and grammer is ok :) crude: I had a crude impression when I saw him for the first time. modest: Modesty is the most important thing to make friends. reserved: She tends to be reserved for everything. tame: The bird was so tamed that I coduld walk around while(with) the bird sitting on my shoulder. secondary: Sadly, pollution is said to be the secondary product of today's industrial world. monotonous: I was weary of the monotonous days. shallow: You should keep you eyes on your kids because they can be drawned in a quite shallow water. superdluous: She always gives me a superfluous remark. (is it ok to use "give"?) converse: I had a converse opinion from him. hearty: They showed me their hearty congrats. (is it ok to say heaty congrats?) content: They seemed content with their trivial everyday life. static: The village was static because the young people there were all moved to the city.

Can you help me to study vocabrary?:) Hey guys!:D I'm studying with a vocaburary book now and trying to be able to use the words in this book. But I don't know whether if my usage or grammer are correct or not :( So I would be very happy if some of you guys could teach me or correct the sentences I made...:) parallel: The perfoemance of the athelete paralleled to the gold medalist. equivalent: In the bible it is said that to hate a person in my heart is equivalent to kill him. compatible: she said she wanted to divorce from him because they were incompatible. liable: I was liable to catch a cold when I was still small. inherent: difficulties are inherent in human life. inborn: I think it is much more important that how much you make efforts than how great your inborn ability is. stiff: I heard that a white man doesn't have any stiff neck usually, is that right? (haha seriously. And is it ok to say "a white man"?) tense: I tensed my nervous to listen to the sound. grave: Do you say "grave illness"?? Is it natural? solemn: She talked to me in a solemn way. odious: What an odious weather today is. dismal: How do you use "dismal outlook"?? aggressive: He was aggressive against me and opposed to my suggestion. Thank you! xD

Speak perfectly... Hey guys...maybe it's not like a question but I wanna hear you oppinion... So I will be very happy if you could let me know when you have time. Recently I started to desire to speak perfectly. Yeah I know it's very difficult, but I wanna improve my speaking and also my grammatical skill. I can SPEAK English anyway, but I make many mistakes when I speak. Do you think this try is useful? Or maybe I'm too nervous?? Anyways my English speaking ability is not so high yet...haha So I should study from basic!xD Thank you for reading♪ Sumika

My house's wall burned！xD Today a very funny accident happened! Guess what...:) hehe Recently my room leaks when it rains so people from repairing shop came to our house. And while they are reparing the roof in my room, my mom and sister was studying together peacefully. Then suddenly a man (Who was reparing) opened the door and shouted like this, "Water please!!!!!!!!!!". Of course mom and my sister were surprised to hear that and asked him why. And again he shouted like this, "The wall is burning!!!!!xO". So everyone in my house formed a bucket brigade and the fire gone out soon. The man explained that he was using a burnerand the wall caught fire mistakenly. I was going for a shop when this accident was going on, so when i came back home it seemed everything was as usual and no one told me what had happened during my absence. And when I entered my room, it was smelled like yhe aroma of coffee beans. So I asked my family why. I was astonished to hear the story!xD Anyways, thank God for my house was remain in safety! xD I thought this accident very funny, but maybe it's a little bit indecent...:P hah Good night everyone!:D Sumika P.S The man asked my mom a Band-Aid after the accident.