In Nouns^x, Grammar^x

Vincent Teo After any we should put the plural noun Depending on context any can be used with a singular or a plural noun

quote user New2grammar quote user Avangi No one could fault that quote What do you mean quote The verb to fault is the transitive form of the noun my fault No one could find fault with your sentence No one could fault your sentence The noun is countable or uncountable Find fault is an idiom...

quote user New2grammar hyphothical hypothetical quote I find this question unusual In what sense do you mean hypothetical Is it the situation being described that s hypothetical Or the bolded part itself Or the combination Is it the word you that makes the phrase hypothetical Then it s...

Hello Mathew and welcome to English Forums The 2 pronunciations of the are not grammar rules but physical effects of the smooth flow of sounds between words they are more like laws of physics Native speakers lucky us do not have to affirm pronunciations we just talk without thinking However I...

quote user New2grammar Mr Wordy So both woman drivers and women drivers are commonly said quote I would have guessed that women drivers is more common and Google Book Search which we think is a better indicator of good English than web search bears this out women drivers 819 woman drivers 225 I...

Hello Marius Hancu Thank you for your advice Your advice has lead to other posts in this forum and one of them CalifJim s reply to Njiksi s thread Adverbial clause of time has referred me to www google com and searched for adverbial clause on the Internet As a result of having the opportunity to...

My approach owes more to the concepts of transformational grammar so I would sayhim doing his job every day is a non finite clause used as the object of think of Within that clause him is the pronoun subject doing is the verb his job is the noun object and every day is adverbial CJ

quote user Goodman As written John and Mary are the only officers who make decisions around here And I asked if the answer should be makes or make And you said In your sentence of course make By the nature of your comment didn t you just agree with my view quote Yes as far as who is concerned...

According to the Gregg Reference Manual To form the possessive of a singular noun that ends in an s sound be guided by the way you pronounce the word If a new syllable is formed in the pronunciation of the possessive add an apostrophe plus s Ex your boss s approval you pronounce it as bosses...

quote user Anonymous It is true that ones according to proper grammar should not follow these or those only because one is a singular object If there is a plural number one becomes inappropriate however there are few people I know I live in the midwest US that do not use this construction as in...