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Numbers are usually common nouns (when they are actually used as nouns, that is. Be careful because numbers can also be adjectives and pronouns). If you say, for example, "Three is a five-letter word", "three" is a noun, a common noun. If, on the other hand, you say "I have three brothers",...

As Taken from one of the site. Briefly, we can say that apostrophes have three uses: 1) To show possession in nouns We add an apostrophe and "s" after all singular nouns and after plural nouns that do not end in "s": Susan’s book; Pete’s dog; the children’s toys; the men’s room. We add an...

Hello again, Malory. Last night, I couldn't get one of the sentences you posted out of my mind. Rather, what I couldn't get out of my mind was the answer I gave you. So this morning I did some "research" and found out why I was feeling uncomfortable with my response. The sentence in question is...

the following piece is something that i found quite interesting and would to share it with those who are concern about the proficiency of English language: > > WHY ENGLISH IS SO DIFFICULT --- > > > We'll begin with a box, and the plural is boxes; > > but the plural of ox became oxen...

Any help will be appreciated. 1. Not until the eighteenth century------------ the complex chemistry of metallurgy (A) when scientists began to appreciate (B) did scientists begin to appreciate (C) scientists who were beginning to appreciate I think its a negative type...

Hi Camilus, You've given me a lot of homework. it weighs on my back, but it never is the last straw. Fortunately, my back is strong enough. I Appositives vs. Parenthetical Element a) Neil Armstrong, the first man who walked on the moon, is a native of Ohio. Here, “the first man who walked...

You said: When you say, , otherwise this sentence wouldn't sound right. The big difference between the sentence immediately above and our earlier examples is the comma. But I don't see how that could change the number of the verb. My answer is just an educated guess. Rommie

I have a different opinion! I say English is very simple language!! English grammar is fairly simple. Nouns in many other languages have grammatical gender and accordingly some verbs and adjectives undergo changes. eg. most of the Indian languages. This complexity is absent in English.Thus, the...

We've pretty much covered the apple, with all it's various different shades of meaning above. Your mention of "singular pronoun" is misleading, however. Everything would work out exactly the same if it had said "Our" instead of "My". The number of the pronoun is irrelevant here - only the number...

That is probably one of the most difficult questions you could ask. Hmmm. Here goes... If a determiner is supplied, you don't need an article. Determiners include numbers, words like "some", "those", etc., and possessives, such as "his", "John's", etc. Proper nouns don't need an article, unless...