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Rules help a long as they are predominantly consistent. When a rule is significantly inconsistent then it will lead to confusion. For example, what rule can be applied to the double "o" sound in English? The words: food, blood, took, foot, moon, stool, and many other double "o" words are...

Hi Lyn, Here is one of my posts from a previous thread on the topic of articles. It might help. Posted: 03-30-2005 12:26 PM The correct use of articles is acknowledged to be one of the most difficult points of English grammar, so don't be despondant Ali; mistakes don't usually...

An excellent reply, Jazz. I hope you won't mind if I expand on it a little. The correct use of articles is acknowledged to be one of the most difficult points of English grammar, so don't be despondant Ali; mistakes don't usually matter too much, as you will still be understood. First, we...

Bonjour, cher ami Once you talk about etymology(étymologie en fraçais), it is a totally different domain which is about the origins(not the roots) of the words,and their historical developments. In that jargon, the applied word is 'etymon', neither 'root' nor 'radical' or any other...

Hi FishWish The grammar rule for indefinite articles usage is: We use A before a consonant-sound. We use AN before a vowel-sound. The difference depends on the sound of the vowels and consonants, not the spelling! honest begins with an H, but it is not said, so "I am an honest man" is...

Good Morning, I am an ESL teacher with a question from our grammar lesson today. Working with the simple past tense of regular verbs today, we encounter this guideline in our book: For a one-syllable verb ending in consonant + vowel + consonant, double the final consonant and add -ed:...