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Referring to the original poster's question. The forms you cite can be used either as determiners or as pronouns. As determiners, the meanings are: another _____ => indefinite, singular other _____s => indefinite, plural the other _____ => definite, singular the other _____ s => definite,...

The (incomplete) Punctuation FAQ Hopefully this will grow in time, as other questions are asked and answered, and other people add to this. Hopefully (!) some kind moderator or adminstrator will mark this thread as sticky. INTRODUCTION In grammar, the rules are forged in a delicate balance...

I'm trying to figure out what kind of grammatical objects the words "what" and "how" are in the following sentences: What an idiot! What a surprise. What strange people. How odd. How interesting. How absurd. In these contexts, what is not functioning as either an interrogative pronoun or a...

I have a different opinion! I say English is very simple language!! English grammar is fairly simple. Nouns in many other languages have grammatical gender and accordingly some verbs and adjectives undergo changes. eg. most of the Indian languages. This complexity is absent in English.Thus, the...

We've pretty much covered the apple, with all it's various different shades of meaning above. Your mention of "singular pronoun" is misleading, however. Everything would work out exactly the same if it had said "Our" instead of "My". The number of the pronoun is irrelevant here - only the number...

That is probably one of the most difficult questions you could ask. Hmmm. Here goes... If a determiner is supplied, you don't need an article. Determiners include numbers, words like "some", "those", etc., and possessives, such as "his", "John's", etc. Proper nouns don't need an article, unless...

A very interesting question: the --ed ending IS one of the signs to tell us that a word is a verb. The tricky thing in English is that some words can belong to more than one "word class" so some verbs can be nouns (and vice versa.) From the examples you give, we can have "the work" (which...

Thank you for answering my question (though conjugating the verb "to have" was hardly necessary... ) I am fairly certain that lots of native speakers use the pronouns "me, us, them" in this kind of sentence in colloquy. My question was and still remains, singular or plural. I know I would say...

Could anybody help me clear up this nagging doubt: do you say "it's us who have to apologize" or "it's us who has to apologize" ? In the singular I know I would say "It's I who have to apologize" and "It's me who has to apologize" but what about the plural pronouns? Thank you guys for your valued...

Does the indefinite pronoun "none" require a singular verb in some instances and a plural verb in others - depending upon the noun to which it refers? Are the following sentences correct? Although there were houses in the area, none were damaged by the hurricane. None of the merchandise has...