I would strongly disagreee with Hoa Thai's assertion that French is relatively easy to learn and that is it spelled as it is sounded. It most certainly is not. There are loads of homophones in the language. For instance the 'ay' sound

Hi Anon: The answer to your question (Cna adjectives be plural?) is no. English does not inflect adjectives for case, number or gender agreement with the nouns they modify. English does inflect nouns and pronouns (for number, not case or gender).

If you say a situation or person is hollow, you could mean they have no real ... Hi, I'm not sure why you group a "thing-word" in with all these "people-words." The plural post-reference for a singular term is only used to

The important plural in your sentences is " those ." People often misuse "their" as a singular, and "who" may be either singular or plural. If you wanted to express the same thought in the singular, you might use the

[I'm biased by the the phrase "causing him immense problems." In English, if the gender isn't specifically known, it's generally assumed to be male. talk about this being sexist language, Hi Skrej & New2 - Do we now have

This doesn't seem quite right. The subject of this instance of "is" is "Lewis Hamilton", not "expectation". First, I should apologize, as Mr. Wordy is exactly right. Not sure how/why I made a boneheaded mistake

why he offered parallel singulars and plurals Avangi, I've been paying attention to why he is sometimes used without knowing the gender. Is this common? Or Do you know Anon? By the way, I agree with your interpretation of what the questioner

Thanks for the correction and answer, Clive If a student is behind his/her/their class, he/she/he or she/they will normally do bad in the exams. If a student is behind his/her class, he/she will normally do badly in the exams. If a student

Is the word "personnel" is alwasys plural and gender neutral? Yes. Hardly anyone uses that term anymore. There is no singular unless you use employee as the singular. The new term is human resources. CJ

Is the word "personnel" is alwasys plural and gender neutral? (such as police personnel, army personnel)  If so, what is the singular? Is there any other word that can suitably replace personnel?