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hi friends.would you help me?

hi friends.would you help me? would you tell me about reduced clause? please answer..

Do you know what the matter was?

Hi,

Do you know what the matter was?
Do you know what was the matter?

Why is the first wrong?

Thank you

Modification?

"Official results were being released Monday for the legislative election, which followed a week of demonstrations and hunger strikes at Hong Kong's government offices, culminating in tens of thousands of protesters Friday night."

The modifier "for the legislative election" seems to modify "official results". But is it dangling, because it is separated from "official results" by "were being released Monday"?

Preposition at

Hi everyone,

I'm interested in the usage of prepositions in English. It is one of the most difficult ones, and one can say that if you comprehend the usage, you'll become a native speaker)))
So, I'm interested if the right preposition is used:
I bought the ticket at a reduced price.

Thanks in advance.
Lyudmila

Commas in Rhetorical Questions?

Please take a look at these two lines of dialogue: "What are you freakin' insane?" she shouted. "What're you, new?" he asked. I feel that the first one doesn't need a comma, but the second one does. Does that make sense? Thanks.

A white socks, pocket protector?

Hi

Could you please tell me what the expressions "white socks" and "pocket protector" mean in the quote below? Thank you.

Help for learning English

I am preparing for TOEFL Ibt, but my ability in English is a little weak. especially in speaking skill, so if tutors, friends who know how to speak English well, please show me.
Maybe I can say my speaking skills is really terrible. I say without stress and no intonation. My speech is always level.

Please share your experiences in improving in English skills.
Thanks in advance
Best regards.

Article "a" or "the" ?

Hi everybody!

Why do we always use an indefinite article "a" before the word lie while necessarily definite article "the" before the word truth?
Thanks a million!

make a sentence

id like to make a good sentence with this word , id prefer scientific sentence who can help me to make a sentence
*prime candidate
*feedback mechanism
*little insentive
adopted a resolution

Check these sentences

Hello,
I 'd like to visit turkey.Because I like their people and their culture.It looks utterly like ours.(it likes ours,/looks like ours).The country are full of archeologies.I like to visit Ebrahim's birthplace as near as possible.Turkey 's nature is so beautiful as if the painter painted them.Actually It is,God painted it very artistic..I love olive oil .I heard there was a lot of cans of olive oil.One day I walk the streets there and buy a lot of them.

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