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When it comes to mathematical equality, the underlying idea is that one quantity equals another. 4 + 5 + 1 = 10 (The quantity) four plus five plus one equals (the quantity) ten. Four and five and one equals ten. One and one is two. From a strict grammatical point of view, a plural subject...

Hello, English exhilaration This is how I'de rewrite your sentences, but I don't see anything wrong with most of the verbs in square brackets. The "mistakes" seem to be somewhere else in the sentences. 1. Ranjit may help himself to the beer in the fridge. "To" instead of "with". "To help...

It's "ifs and buts", without the apostrophe. In this expression, you are using the plural of "if" and "but". The "s" is the inflectional suffix for the plural; it becomes part of the word it is added to. Miriam

Hello, Bubr Many of the words that sound "odd" in English come from other languages. "Radius" comes from Latin, "phenomenon" comes from Greek. Sometimes, specially in the technical language of science, such words have not been thouroughly "naturalised" and they keep their foreign plural...

When using "a dozen" or "one dozen", it is followed by "is". The "dozen" is the subject. Q: How much are the roses? A: A dozen is $50. Q: How much do you charge? A: A dozen roses is $50. Similarly, "dozens" is plural, and is never preceded by a number. It means indefinite small numbers, ie....

Expressions such as: - a number of - a large/small number of - the number of - large/small numbers of are followed by a noun in the plural ("a number of" can refer only to countable nouns). "Large numbers of/A large number of teachers attended the seminar." "This killing brings the number of...

1. Plural nouns not ending in 's' take both the apostrophe and the 's': "The children's toys." "The men's cars." 2. Nouns that take -s for the plural add only the apostrophe to indicate possession (this is called 'zero genitive'): "The boys' toys." "The dogs' tails." 3. The 'zero form' is also...

subject verb agreement is always confusing, but maybe this rule will help: Expressions using the phrase "number of" take singular verbs when referring to a single quantity: THE number of students registered in the class is 20. THE number of chemistry students is small. They take...

Re: What is Morality? "Now here's a straightforward question. What is morality? Is it a personal code of conduct? Is it in some sense absolute? I would be very interested in understanding where the various participants in this forum are coming from on this one, as I hope it will help me to...

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