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As far as the particle goes, it is always 도 regardless of the preceding syllable. 이도 can happen (as the comment by Kimo suggests) if 도 is used after a person's name. When we refer to a person with th …

Your original sentence is fine if it is for an email or letter. It might sound a bit too formal for a spoken sentence though. As for 약속드리겠습니다 versus 약속해 드리겠습니다, I would prefer 약속드리겠습니다. They both mean …

내어 놓다 and 내다 놓다 are very close in meaning, but they are two different constructs. 내어 놓다 = 내다 + -아/어 놓다 -> 내어놓다 (it has actually become a single word 내어놓다 with no space in it, and it usually contracts …

They are about the same in your examples. I think 했다면서요 sounds slightly more informal, but the difference is negligible. One minor thing is that -다면서요 has another usage while -다지요 (short for -다고 하지요) …

As was mentioned in the comment, they are the same. Naver Korean dictionary gives the exact same explanation for the two words.

자식으로서 마땅히 할 일 (from 표준국어대사전) (으)로서 in the Wikipedia examples and this last sentence appear to be quite different in meaning and function, but I think it's a case of grammar construct diverging widely …

The fundamental distinction between 은/는 and 이/가 is that 은/는 tends to state something the speaker knows well, feels strongly about, or otherwise invested some thoughts in. For example, when you introd …

X-에게 있어 (or 있어서, the original form before contraction) signifies "considering it from the standpoint of X" or "as it pertains to X". X-에게 있어서 = X-에게 (to X) 있다 (belongs/pertains) + -아/어서 (as). (It set …

자기 나라에서 오랫동안 내려온, 자기 민족의 전통 음식을 즐기는 슬로푸드 운동을 통해 현대인들도 많은 병을 고칠 수 있을 것이다. If you don't put a comma, it might be read like [자기 나라에서 오랫동안 내려온] 자기 민족의 전통 음식을 즐기는 슬로푸드 운동, with the bracketed part modifyi …

되도록 by itself means "as much as possible", similar to 될 수 있는 대로, 될 수 있는 한, 가능한 한, 가급적이면, etc. Your sentence can be interpreted in two ways. [아무리 바빠도 되도록] 저녁 식사는 ... = We should have dinner with fami …

The base form -게 되다 signifies coming to a certain state or ending up doing something, without saying the exact reason or course of events that led to it. 가게 됐어요 means the decision has been made for th …

I don't know much about the TOPIK rules, but I'll give you my opinion about the subject. It seems to me the TOPIK rule is just advising against using colloquial abbreviations rather than all abbrevia …

"그가 중국에서 2년을 살았습니다." In English, you can say either "He has lived in China for two years" (intransitive verb "live") or "He has spent two years in China" (transitive verb "spend"). 2년을 살다 is thus sim …

I suggest you read up on this topic in grammar books and sites (but I would recommend against the book you got these examples from) and practice with real examples. …

part of the sub-clause, so people take the meaning differently, because when we use 가 before a sub-clause, it is usually taken as the subject (this is more of a convention and habit rather than hard grammar …