what does "as have" in this sentence mean? In Britain, for example, many of our best-loved farmland birds, such as the skylark, the grey partridge, the lapwing and the corn bunting, have vanished from huge stretches of countryside, as have even more wild flowers and insects.

What's the difference between "farm" and "ranch"? what does American heartland mean? Windmills were once seen on almost every "farm" and "ranch" in the "American heartland". Thanks a lot for clearing my puzzle.

what kind of job is "officer of the law" ? if somebody from USA said that he is an officer of the law, then what does he do? "an officer of the law" means "a policeman" or "a lawer" or it means other positions. I'm not sure what kind of job he took. Thank you for answering.

I meant to wait till the kids [ "were "or "have been '] in bed to tell you. which is right? Were or have been fits there? And why? Thank you very much.but she tell the story now.

What's the meaing of "No, Sirree.? "Sirree" means "sir", so "NO, sirree" means "no sir." "Yes sirree" means " yes sir." is that right?

The tense in as if clause confuses me terribly. could you help me out? Thanks very much. There’s an old couple who got married for a long time. And one day, unfortunately, they had a fight with each other. And maybe we can hear the following dialogue from their argument. Woman: I’m sorry I ever met you, I’m sorry I ever got married you. Man: 1) As if you have so many more appealing options. 2) As if you have had so many more appealing options. 3) As if you had so many more appealing options. 4) As if you had had so many more appealing options. Could you tell me that on what condition these answer could be used, these four sentences may express different meanings. Could you tell the differences? I wanted to know the exact differences among those different answers. Which means that the woman didn’t truly have more options? And which means she did have? Which ones fit the situation most? Thank you.

What's the difference between these three sentence? Thank you. Here's a situation. My friend and I visited an old teacher of ours. After leaving the teacher’s house, I said to her: 1)Our teacher looks as if she IS sick. 2)Our teacher looks as if she WERE sick 3)Our teacher looks as if she HAD BEEN sick. Which is the one I should say? And what’s the difference between them in expressing. I’m learning about the tense lately. Thank you very much for answering.

what's the slight defference between those two sentence in expressing? 1) I just don't want to lose the light when we GOT time for a quick scout. 2) I just don't want to lose the light when we GET time for a quick scout.

what's the meaning of "up" here? when you put on a new dress or suit for fitting. The sales may say this:1)you shine up like a penny. And sometime when we want to invite a firend to come to our party, we could say: 2) I hope you will show up at my party. I heard president Obama say this: 3) when I was running for president, I promised to open up the white house to American people. so I was wondering that if I can get rid of the "up" from that 1) , 2), 3)sentences. Then they would be like this: 1)you shine like penny. 2)when I was running for president, I promised to open the white house to American people 3) I hope you will show at my party. Is that still right after changing? How to handle the usage of the word "up"? Does "up" have meaning here? Thank you for helping me.