1. Start by looking the word up in a dictionary- even though you know what it means, this is helpful as it gives you a starting place. E.g. Clothes- the things that people wear such as shirts, trousers, dresses. 2. Then use this information

Your leap in logic is puzzling. English words take plurals in different ways. Penguin - Penguins Child - Children Woman - women Goose - geese Sheep - sheep Why would you think that because we use a widely accepted form of a

Is internet a plural word in English ? for example: Internet were (not was ) invented approximately 20 years ago

No, "people" is a plural word. People do , not does. Please start a new thread for a question that is not related to the main question of the thread. Thanks.

Yes, it should be "there are advantages/disadvantages". Most people would not say "There is disadvantages." because that obviously sounds wrong. But to say "There're disadvantages." is weird and a bit of a tongue

Its not easy to pronounce some plural words like months to foreign language speakers like me. Should I pronouce monTHS with SIS in theSIS?

Hi, Both otherwise and whereas are subordinating conjunctions. My dictionary calls 'otherwise' an adverb. So does, for example, http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/otherwise I don't object to any of the following. I ran home,

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Both otherwise and whereas are subordinating conjunctions. I ran home otherwise I would have been late. OR I ran home , otherwise I would have been late. I ran home whereas Jim walked home. OR I ran home , whereas Jim walked home. In

English grammar is very messy. Since there is no Language Academy or any similar authority, no one has the authority to determine correct usage. Datum (singular) and data (plural) are Latin words. So many people use the plural word with a singular