In Nouns^x, Expressions^x

I’ll just jump right into the problem without a sophisticated introduction: “I walked right past her but she barely lifted her head. I admit - her act of ignoring was justified.” Act of ignoring is not really a good way to express the sence that I'm trying to convey to you since I'm not...

Mister Micawber wrote:Here where I live, we deal with those kinds of incidents almost EVERY DAY. Kind has two plurals, the old unchanged kind and the newer kinds. The original plural can still be used in the expressions these/those kind of:" —Usage. The phrase THESE (or THOSE) KIND OF, followed...

Hi, 1. When you want to express your surprise by saying "What a big apple that is," it is normally expected that for a countable noun, a person should use an article before it and for an uncountable noun, a person shouldn't use an article before the noun like "What peace of mine. I have peace in...

Rith wrote: Some English grammar books say that you can use ＜during which＞ instead of ＜when＞ in a relative adverb clause. Is it always true? Well, I'm not sure. Certainly, ＜during which ＞ and ＜when＞ are both time-related expressions. However, while ＜when＞ in a relative adverb clause...

Some English grammar books say that you can use ＜during which＞ instead of ＜when＞ in a relative adverb clause. Is it always true? Well, I'm not sure. Certainly, ＜during which ＞ and ＜when＞ are both time-related expressions. However, while ＜when＞ in a relative adverb clause modifies time...

Kooyeen wrote:Yes, but it's not correct to say that one consonant is not pronounced at all. Ah, but I do think it is correct to describe "stop pushing" that way -- at least at normal, unstressed conversational speed. Your example with "used to do" (as in "I used to live in Germany") is not a...

Like is wrong. The first as of the comparative as...as is often omitted in casual use of such standard expressions (I'm sick as a dog; It's hot as hell today) . Cold is an adjective, not a noun.

There is no difference in the agreement rules whether you use "a majority of" or "the majority of". These expressions are almost always followed by a plural noun and a plural verb, thus: The majority of Americans believe ... A majority of Brazilians say ... The majority of students think...

English_Learner wrote: Philip wrote:...but I'll give a few examples. Philip, may I ask you a qeustion? I know the article 'a' is used with a singular noun but I've heard (and used) many time the expression 'to give a few examples'.The noun 'exsamples' is plural, so my question is: why the...

Philip wrote:...but I'll give a few examples. Philip, may I ask you a qeustion? I know the article 'a' is used with a singular noun but I've heard (and used) many time the expression 'to give a few examples'.The noun 'exsamples' is plural, so my question is: why the article 'a' is used in this...