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I have to hand in the reports tomorrow. Could you please run a quick check through them? Thanks loads!!! A: When asked to make a sentence with When J~ , J will ~, Harry sometimes gets confused with the order of two events happening and forgets to add s after verbs when they are placed...

This is correct, although it may seem wrong. The subject is "number," and is singular. Therefore, "is" is the proper tense. One way to help identify the proper tense is the article "an" used to start the sentence. "An" obviously indicates the singular. It just looks strange because of...

Forbes wrote: I think you misunderstand what I am trying to get at it. If you are teaching someone Thai and you say "Thai nouns have no plural" you may give the impression that Thai has no means of expressing number, which is not the case. I agree that many students of language do not know...

I have not had any particular motives in mind. I have just responded to other people's posts. I think you misunderstand what I am trying to get at it. If you are teaching someone Thai and you say "Thai nouns have no plural" you may give the impression that Thai has no means of expressing...

Yes, some verbs has more than one past form, but in this case I think the first sentence is right. We are talking about "past form" in general not about a specific verb. We use to say "past tense" not "past tenses" - "the past form of verbs" or "the past tense of verbs" Maybe in...

Forbes wrote: A word about classifiers. I looked up "classifier" in my dictionary (a very good one) and it does not define it! I turned to dictionary.com and found the following definition: A word or morpheme used in some languages in certain contexts, such as...

A word about classifiers. I looked up "classifier" in my dictionary (a very good one) and it does not define it! I turned to dictionary.com and found the following definition: A word or morpheme used in some languages in certain contexts, such as counting, that indicates the semantic...

There are three possible pronunciations of the plural ending. (The third person present tense verb forms and the possessive forms follow the same pattern.) 1. /iz/ after a sibilant. This ending creates an extra syllable. The endings for Groups 2 and 3 (below) do not create an extra...

It seems that there's no or little difference in meaning between (1) and (2). (3) and (4) seem to indicate a present impossible situation, and (5) expresses past regrets as you said. I'd also like to hear experts' opinions on this. wishing for the impossible: wish that + past tenses To express...

You can only use the present tense if they are still doing the test while you are talking to them. 'How is it going with your test?' 'How are the questions?' You are not normally allowed to talk during tests though so you probably want to talk to them when you have both finished. 'How did it...