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Your the is acceptable but redundant. It's only necessary if we don't know it is her school. When one says, "School starts at 8 a.m.," they actually mean and are saying, "Classes at the school start …

If you live in the city of Decatur, Illinois (pop. ~30K) you cannot say you live in the countryside. You live in a small city/town. Your city will most likely have public water and sewage, paved roa …

Your phrasing is fine and will be understood. The usage is very common. How far did you make it to my apartment? How long did you spend at the store? How much did you save for college? …

When asking about searches, the response to the question, What did you find? always begins, I found... (past tense). When reporting the results of a search, the search is over and the past tense is u …

You can express what you are trying to express but you would not express it as you have. Since putting a knife in your mouth and using that knife to cut a rope is not a common situation, you will nee …

Firstly, if you are not aware, mind your own business is an aggressive, often confrontational, comment. As mentioned in other comments, MYOB is really only used to respond to unwelcome inquiries abou …

I sat in front of my sister on the dolphin, succinctly expresses the action depicted in your illustration. Without the picture to aid in understanding, you may want to add ...that we were riding, onto …

The verb you are looking for is scrub. "I used some detergent and scrubbed them by hand."

To hold something in the manner of your drawing is called cradling. If I wanted to tell someone to do what I see in your drawing I would say, Hold your arms so you can cradle the ball as you catch it. …

When I was child and used coloring books, the word used to describe coloring outside the lines was scribbling. I can't find a definition that says scribbling is coloring outside the lines, but that's …

You included the answer in your question. I pulled (or ripped) the layers of the cardboard apart [from each other]. It is concise and I will know exactly what you mean.

You must consider that adjectives that refer to eyes, noses, and ears most often refer to the physical organ and not to that organ's associated sense. Eyes are the organ but Eyesight or Vision is the …

I believe Philtrum specifically refers to the two raised, vertical ridges above one's mouth or perhaps the dip between those two ridges. The actual area of skin above the red/pink part of your lip and …

Normally we do not say we are doing an action. Each of those words, do and act, implies the other. If you do something you have acted. If you have acted you have done something. In some situations, …

For the sake of precision we must remember that the sea-witch transformed the mermaid. The mermaid desired to be transformed but the mermaid did not transform herself. The mermaid has not only transf …