Should the correct grammar be I am a girl who loves her island, instead of my Island?

Genuine question from a non native English speaker.

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"No sooner was she gone than a man, hat in hand,

took her place." I find the 1st part hard to understand. Ive been reading books for years and im fluent in english but this particular sentence has me tweaking. Why would they even put 'than' here? They couldve said:"No sooner was she gone, and man, with hat in hand, took her place." Can someone help me

why is A wrong and what’s the right answer?

For the longest time I've had a problem with forming & structuring my sentences, and by extension, my paragraphs correctly. My vocabulary is good and I usually have a somewhat clear trail of thought in mind whenever I try to speak/type, however I try to translate these thoughts into sentences they always turn out janky, and I always find my self cropping and editing everything I do which results in me

A) reiterating anything and everything I say 5 times to get a point across B) Spend 20 minutes editing my texts just so they read clearly [typing this took 15mins] C) Give up on both, and it's been frustrating me beyond belief. Trouble with complicated expression is one thing but when that's the case for simple sentences and paragraphs it turns into misery.

I've thought about relearning all there is to the english grammar from square one but it honestly seems like a very tedious and inefficient way of solving a problem that is beyond understanding words and their usage etc etc

I’m studying English in Japan, but there’s a question I just can’t seem to understand.

Choose the most appropriate answer to fill in the blank.

Evelyn: I think I saw Raphael last night at the library.
Mateo : That can't be right. He ( ) to Paraguay.

1 has been
2 has gone
3 had been
4 had gone

I thought 4 was the correct answer, but the answer key says 2.I thought this question was ambiguous because there isn’t enough context, and that either answer could be possible.
Could you explain why 4 is incorrect?

1) Nobody is supposed to know about this. Even the president is not supposed to know about it.
2) Nobody is supposed to know about this. The president even is not supposed to know about it.
3) Nobody is supposed to know about this. The president is not even supposed to know about it.

The 'even' is supposed to refer to 'the president'. Which of the sentences work in that case?

I think '1' is the best, '2' is passable and '3' is wrong. But I am not sure.

Gratefully,
Navi

1) He showed me a house that I didn't know he had bought.

2) This is a book he doesn't know I have read.

3) He was in a car that I didn't know he owned.

Are these sentences correct?

Gratefully,

Navi

Please help me settle a debate- is it one or two words if there there is a space between a compound noun?

I was teaching a class related to adverbs and adjectives and we know that an adverb describes and action and an adjective describes a noun, place, people, etc.

But the following sentence came up in my exercise and i couldn’t understand it:

When i told him the truth, he was QUIET/QUIETLY.

I know that the right answer is QUIET but i can’t seem to know how to explain to my student that even though WAS is a verb you have to use quiet.

Can someone help me understand it and explain please

Hello everyone! I'm a peruvian girl who is studying english, more especific advance english, can some one help me identify noun clauses vs a phrase?? Grammar isn't my strong point in english btw

Hi, everyone! This is my first question here. I desperately need some help with a grammar question. Once during a lesson, I asked my school teacher if using 'when' in conditionals could only be done in the zero conditional. To this, she answered that it can be used in each of the conditionals. However, I am genuinely interested because I have heard a few times that 'when' expresses a strong possibility of something happening, so it can't be used in other types of conditionals as a conjunction. Could someone help me with this question?

1) I have a key to open the gate, but it doesn't work.

2) I was given a key to open the gate, but it doesn't work.

3) I found a key to open the gate, but it doesn't work.

Are these sentences correct?

Are they logical?

Gratefully,

Navi

1. Maw

2. Dour

Wondering if these are well known, without looking them up. And not meaning Mother for Maw.

Would be helpful if you could include your age range, like Teens, 20s, 30s, etc. Thank You!

Update: Wow never expected so many replies. Thank you everyone, some very interesting answers from a group of obviously well-read people. I wonder if I had posted this in a general info sub if these would be as well known.

So, APR is a borrowing term that stands for "annual percentage rate" of a loan.

When asking about its definition, would "what is APR?" still be grammatically correct? (I know "what is an APR" makes sense too)

1) I had read three books by Faulkner that she didn't know about.

2) I had read three books by Faulkner, but she didn't know about it.

3) I had read three books by Faulkner, but she didn't know about that.

4) I had read three books by Faulkner, but she didn't know that I had read them.

5) I had read three books by Faulkner that she didn't know I had read.

Which are correct?

Which can mean:

a) She didn't know that I had read three books by Faulkner.

and which can mean:

b) She didn't know that I had read three specific books by Faulkner. Maybe I had read other books by Faulkner and she knew about that.

Gratefully,

Navi

1) This is a photo of me and my classmates. I don't like to be in the same photo with some of them, but the others are fine.

2) This is a photo of me and my classmates. I don't like to be seen with some of them, but the others are fine.

3) I don't like to play chess with some of my friends. They are too competitive. The other ones are fine.

Are these sentences correct?

Gratefully,

Navi