which one of the following sentences is (are) correct? In case of there being a wrong sentence, why is it incorrect? 1. “For the study, participants learned a task where they had to recognize a hidden pattern in the questions they were asked.” 2. “For the study, participants learned a task that they had to recognize a hidden pattern in the questions they were asked.”

He made a personal visit to Cuban leader Fidel Castro whom he greatly admired, when the Argentina authorities would rather that he did not.(original) Question: Is the original grammatically correct? I greatly grammatically doubt such as "the Argentina authorities would rather that he did not", which I don't know how to understand it by grammar. Could you tell me the meaning of it, and the reason why it is written that way just by grammar? and better to give other examples in the similar grammar or rule as above

Hi) My friend asked me "Can we uwe a word "died" not only like a verb, but also like adjective or Participle? Can we say "he is died"? And if we can, in which situations? Thank you for answers in advance ❤️

I have a question about this sentence: «He will probably have gone home» What kind of grammatical structure is this? It looks like a Future Perfect (will have + past participle), but this sentence is about the past, so I’m confused and would like to read about this grammar, but couldn’t figure out how to google it.

Can someone tell the difference between drastically and dramatically?

Can I use the word "thing" as "existence" as in this sentence? ▪ You weren't even a thing when I was born. So don't give me lecture on 90's kids favorite animes.

This is a paragraph describing both movements and their sounds when someone enter a restaurant, which version is better? Or could you please help me improve it? Version1：Then follows a flurry of sound- the swishing of dusting off the shoes, the popping of opening the thermos jug, the swooshing as towels are quickly handed to visitors, the buzz of flies as they are chased away, and the gurgles as customers are rinsing their mouth. Version2: Then you will find yourself in the midst of a frenzy of activity—the dusting of shoes, the uncorking of the thermos jug with a “pop”, the missile of warm towels to clean one’s hands with, the buzzing of flies as they are chased away, and the gurgles of mouths that are being rinsed. Does this paragraph conform to English expression habits? Is the structure “the + sound of + doing something”, for example, the popping of opening the thermos jug, strange in English? If I want to describe the sound of doing an action and express both the action and the sound of doing the action, how can I do it?

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Are there anyone helping me about speaking practice? Zoom?

What does "why should I take only what no one else wants? mean? " You certainly intended that I should leave him.But I don't do that. We mustn't be too exacting. And why should I take only what no one else wants? " (There is another translation of this: " why should I take only what no one else will have?")