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If I won't shoot at any soldier, I won't kill any soldiers.Just my point. In both cases I would use the plural because both are complements, not adjuncts. That's why I said complement rather than object. shoot at is a prepositional verb with complement soldier. (I think you meant If I...

Mister Micawber wrote:No, no, no! I was just giving examples of can/could/will/would:Few examples with the verb would/could/can/will. Then, What should I do to know about abstract nouns, uncountable nouns?

Before you go too far, Mr. P, would you care to comment on the side issues that has come up? The use of a singular verb when there is a compound subject of gerunds or abstract nouns?

If anyone ready to help me : Email <<Email address removed by Mod.>>me following : List of uncountable nouns List of abstract nouns Few examples with the verb would/could/can/will. If you does so, I will be thankful to you.

People have found this text useful so I am repeating it here in this entirety with error fixed (there are several posts combined in it) Before I give you more detailed explanation I have to tell you that in dictionaries you can frequently find the type of the word: countable, uncountable, mass,...

Before I give you more detailed explanation I have to tell you that in dictionaries you can frequently find the type of the word: countable, uncountable, mass, abstract… However what is more important is to understand that the context is equally important. You can turn many words into abstract if...

(EX) I (am in possession of) him = I own him.(EX) He is in (my possession) = He is mine.Hmm…interesting. Can we generalize "be in (no THE) verb-derived abstract noun = verb"?paco

The adjective welcome (no 'd') means cordially invited (with 'd')! Strange, but true. Anyone regardless of ... is welcome. = Anyone regardless of ... is cordially invited. The verb form welcomed (with 'd') means cordially greeted (when they arrive). Before the party: You are welcome...

An appositive that-clause usually follows an abstract noun, which is mostly a derivative from a verb or an adjective.belief (believe), comment (comment), confidence (confident), discovery (discover), doubt (doubt), evidence (evident), fact, fear (fear), hope (hope), indication (indicate),...

deleted by an obligatory deletion transform. Will this work on the clutter in my living room? Don't we all wish!!! LOL Part of the problem, as Paco has aptly observed, is the problem of finding the missing (deleted) subject of a dependent clause, the infinitive clause "to be ... cleverer...