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Krish, It's "declines". The form you usally encounter is "declension", which is defined by dictionary.com as (partial): Linguistics. In certain languages, the inflection of nouns, pronouns, and adjectives in categories such as case, number, and gender. A class of words of one language with...

WANG CHUN wrote: 1. Ancient and modern human beings use their great intelligence to invent machines that help people lead a comfortable and convenient life. My problem with this sentence is that it is not possible for ancient human beings to do anything any more, so using the present tense...

How To Learn English ? PART 2 Learning a language is mainly based upon self-struggle. Maybe the only thing to be done by the teachers on this subject is to advise a method. Because, in a sense, language cannot be taught but learned. So, it’s suitable that the students are shown ways to...

Apostrophe ( ' ) The apostrophe is used when leaving out a letter or number in a contraction, e.g. can't, wouldn't. The apostrophe is used for omitted letters, e.g. rock 'n' roll, and for omitted numbers, e.g. the class of '72, the '20s. The apostrophe is used for plurals of letter...

Apostrophe ( ' ) See Possessives for more information. The apostrophe is used when leaving out a letter or number in a contraction, e.g. can't, wouldn't. The apostrophe is used for omitted letters, e.g. rock 'n' roll, and for omitted numbers, e.g. the class of '72, the '20s. The...

Dear Teachers, Is the use of the pronouns "they" and "them" to refer to (non-human) objects acceptable in formal writings? For example: --------------------------------------------------------We have discovered a number of new patterns. (1) They are listed below.(2) These are listed below. (3)...

CalifJim wrote:If a student points to some construction and asks me if it's the subjunctive or not, I can't reply, 'No, it's a monkey!'Now there you are wrong! You are the teacher and can say any dang thing you want! In fact a smart retort like that might go a long way toward making your...

If a student points to some construction and asks me if it's the subjunctive or not, I can't reply, 'No, it's a monkey!' Now there you are wrong! You are the teacher and can say any dang thing you want! In fact a smart retort like that might go a long way toward making your students realize...

I don't see how this answers the question. Question: Is the word "I" the most frequently used word in English? The second most used? The third most used? And so on? Where is "I" in the rankings thus defined? Answer: "I" is used as a pronoun X% or the time; it is used as a number Y%...

Webster Online Rosetta Edition says:Usage Frequency: "I""I" is generally used as a pronoun (personal) -- approximately 97.71% of the time. "I" is used about 904,364 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English...