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Hi folks! I know that I have A LOT OF questions... but I hope someone can at least take a look at them... let's start. I've got some dobuts about the following : (all examples come from Michael Vince's 'Advanced Language Practice') 1. Here is a sentence from the key "But I hope you know...

Hello Believer Believer wrote: What is the difference between someone editing a book and writing a book? If you compile a book composed of other people's work (e.g. essays), you have "edited" the book. If you yourself wrote all the text, however, you have "written" the book. Believer...

MrPedantic wrote: Yes, both are fine; you might want to make it absolutely clear that a person had not simply edited a book, for instance. MrPedantic, what is the difference between someone editing a book and writing a book? To return to the earlier question, "evidences" might be used...

Anonymous wrote:If I am asking advices from someone, I should phrase it as: "Your expert advise is needed on this matter"? Advice is normally used as an uncountable noun.

There is a difference between a clause (the term you used previously) and a phrase ('of the Princess of Bigman's land').anything we should be aware of when we decide to take that road of turning uncountable nouns into sort of countable nouns?Only be aware that you are creating one of several...

Thank you, Mr. M. It helped me a lot. Would you say the underlined part is a restrictive phrase or a modifying phrase. If it is either one, then would you kindly tell me what is the difference between a modifying phrase and a restrictive phrase? A beauty of the Princess of Bigman's land The...

Hi,Additionaly, some notes on this subject. There is a important knowledge about quantifies, affirmative and negative statements, and question. A Few A few is used with countable nouns to show a small quantity. ...

Milky, I'm sorry, but the 'sheep' analogy is not relevantl Here, quoted from Purdue University Online Writing Lab: While uncountable nouns do not generally take a plural form, sometimes they may be pluralized when used in a countable sense. The difference between the uncountable and countable...

Anonymous wrote:We can use quite in the following : 1)quite+ adj/adv2)quite+ article(a/an)+ adj + countable noun If the noun is uncountable, can I use quite+ adj + noun?3)quite + article(a/an) + noun4)quite +verbCan pretty, rather or fairly use in the way as quite do?Hello Anon Adjective...

Hi again, 1. Is there any difference between these two words? 2. Are there any differences between these two words? In 1, is "difference" used as an uncountable noun? or else one would say "differences", but not "difference", wouldn't he/she/they? It seems countable to me. I can...