Hi, I have a question concerning as vs like. Would this sentence be correct? : More than thirty years ago Dr. Barbara McClintock, the Nobel Prize winner, reported that genes can "jump", like pearls that move mysteriously from one necklace to another Since the red part of the sentence is a ...

You should also remember the rule on page 113: The subjunctive construction always follows the following pattern: Bossy verb + THAT + subject + command subjunctive. None of your examples includes that . In contrast, "The attorneys PROPOSED that Ron Purewal and Daniel be in the restaurant tomorr...

Some species of dolphins find their prey by echolocation; they emit clicking sounds and listen for echoes returning from distant objects in the water. Marine biologists have speculated that those same clicking sounds might have a second function: particularly loud clicks might be used by the dolphi...