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Hi! I'm net to this forum. I would like to ask what is the difference between glue and adhesive. I know their meanings and I know they're both nouns. But why people sometimes use the term "glue" and sometimes the term "adhesive"? Can someone please explain? Thank you in advance. :-)

I have had an interesting exchange of views with Cool Breeze before about how difficult English is. A relic of the days when people still played LPs and tapes, I have a "Complete midi hi-fi cleaning kit". It includes a compact disc cleaner and a carbon fibre cleaner. I have always felt that...

Hi,I wonder if after "the same as" I always have to put a noun, or if I can also put a preposition. If not, then the following should be odd and I should leave "as" out: That difference is the same as between A and B.The difference between C and D is the same as between A and B.That verb is...

Amazighman wrote: many Thanks for these information As MrP says, it should be this information. ("Information" is an uncountable noun.)

Hi again, Actually, it is not my own composition but a translation. So I think I should keep some words that the original author wrote. I've put them in bold. Can you tell me whether they are awkward or not? OK, I'll just look at those. And after I read your comment, I found the word...

Grammar Geek wrote:In your example, with the slight change to I had some little alterations made, it sounds fine to me.Hi GGYour sentence sounds fine to me as well. I think the original poster didn't quite know how to ask the question he/she wanted to ask. That is obvious from his/her sentence,...

Yes, by all means, little can modify countable nouns. As an American speaker, I agree that there are differences so that you can't always use "small" when you'd use "little," (the "little boy" example is a good one). But you can use "little" just about any time you would use "small." You seem...

Anonymous wrote:Could someone break this down grammatically for me? One thing that I'd really miss is my mom's cooking. Subject: One thing verb: miss noun: mom's cooking Is that right? oNe more thing...what's the difference between a noun and a subject? Isn't a subject a noun?

It is a third person singular pronoun. Is is the third person singular present of the verb to be.

It is a pronoun while is is a verb. Ciao, IF