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Obviously, depending on where we learned English, it has some bearing on our understanding toward some of the most common debated questions. To validate my own understanding, I did some searching and came to a conclusion, In the US, some experts agree that either singular or plural is...

Hi Mara, My comments and corrections are in blue. This is an assignement I corrected and I'd appreciate it if some of you could have a look at it and tell me what you think of my corrections. It concerns a Memo sent to the CEO of a company. My comments and corrections will be in red, as well...

Hello, I'm having some problems with this apostrophe thing. What is the difference between putting the apostrophe before the 's' or after the 's'.. ex. The federal governments prediction's of a budget surplus prompted the ten provincial governments accountants to work overtime...

Hi, eq, My reference to rules was to rules found in elementary textbooks of English as a foreign language. You know the sort of thing: Subjects and verbs must agree in number. How to use apostrophe-S. I wasn't expecting students to study mathematics or anything quite so rigorous as you...

1. 'Summer's Web'. Since it is a title, all major words are capitalized, so there is no orthographic difference between 'Summer' (the girl) and 'summer' (the season). 2. 'Water's Edge' but I don't know about Kalas Garden-- is the proper name 'Kala'? If so, 'Kala's Garden'; if it is 'Kalas',...

At the moment I am taking an English class to help me remember or learn a few things. But it seems that I am learning new things and it isn't going to well. I can't get it. I don't understand. I can't believe I have been using the english language so wrong. That sentence has to have something...

Hi folks, I really love this site, it reminds me of the apostrophe protection society blog. Very interesting! Anyway, I believe there is a very simple method to differentiate between effect and affect. When used as nouns, the difference is pretty obvious. An effect is a result of an action,...