Hi,

The baking bread
The baked bread

What is the different meaning of the above?

Thanh

The present participle "baking" and the adjective "baked" are both pre-modifiers of the noun "bread".

Meaning-wise, "The baking bread" has a progressive meaning (the bread is in the process of being baked), for example we might say "Mmm, something smells nice!; it must be the baking bread". By contrast, "The baked bread" has a past meaning, for example we might say "The baked bread I made yesterday is in the cupboard".



PaulM

Which of these sentences is correct?
The room is cleaned by her.
The room is cleaned by herself.

The room is cleaned by her / herself.



PaulM

Dear Mr.Matthew.
Thank you for the answer to my question.But you didn't answer my first question.
Is it correct to use "such a few books", "such a little time" ?
Thank you beforehand.

They are both okay, but it is usual to omit the article "a" especially before "little time":

Such (a) few books.
Such a little time.



PaulM

hELLO,Mr.MATTHEW.

Which verbs can't be used in the Passive Voice? Is there any list?

I only know a few of them:take place,take part,happen,let.Am I right?

Thank you for help.

Hello,Mr.Matthews.
I want to ask you if conj.since can be replaced by because and as.
e.I didn't go to school since I was ill.
.
In another example after or since, maybe both ?
Ann was happy ... she passed the interview.
Thank you.

No, you can't use "since" in its time-reference sense with the simple past tense. It normally requires the perfect tense.

I didn't go haven't been to school since I became ill.
I didn't see haven't seen her since the accident.

"Since" in its sense of reason can be replaced with "because" and "as":

I can't go today, since/because/as I've got to work.
Ann was happy since/because/as she passed the interview


PaulM

1.Can we use who question for animals?




e.g.I fed the qeese.Who/What did I feed?

2."Where" can't be used with the verb visit.Is it so?

Recently I have met a number of nouns with suffixes -er,-ar etc.I didn't know that they
are derivative nouns.
,e.g.planet,sugar,basket,cement,instrument and so on.IT was given in USEFUL ENGLISH
I DOUBT WHETHER IT IS correct or not.
But I didn,t come across the suffix -ire as in millionaire.Is it a derivative word?

No, the examples you cite are not derivatives since their endings are not actually suffixes.

"Millionaire" has the suffix -aire found in loanwords from French and which is used to denote someone who has a million pounds or dollars: "million + -aire"

Other examples of loanwords from French include: "concessionaire", "doctrinaire", "commissionaire" "and "legionnaire".



PaulM