Here are a few basic grammar rules to pay close attention to: When you write "a" or "an" before a noun, it has to match the noun. This is done simply by using "a" if the word starts with a consonant, and using "an" if the word starts with a

"Eligibility Requirements: All applicants must meet either options A, B, or C, described below to qualify for the GS-5 level" Here I believe the mistake is in using "either", not "options". You can not use "either" here since there are more

Tearsofjoy wrote: Choosing the correct auxiliary verbs when there's an "either... or..." or "neither... nor..." in the sentence. Here are a few correct sentences that I picked up from Wren and Martin(probably the best grammar book I have

Hi, I'm a Chinese. In Chinese, a noun has not a singular or plural form of it. I often forget the plural form of a noun. In addition prepositions often puzzle me too. Although english grammar is not very difficult, I don't use it well enough

Anonymous wrote: (Oops! Didn't take time to log in-- MM) Well, I am now deep in the bowels of Quirk, et al , Jussive-- and I think there may be some--ahem!-- lack of clarity among everyone, including the texts, between group nouns and collective

In British English (I cannot speak for American English) it is acceptable to treat collective nouns as plural. English grammar sometimes looks to the sense, rather than the form. Collective nouns may be felt by English speakers to be plural for

For me, the strength of the plurality of two slices requires the plural verb are . Slices aren't exactly units of measure, although someday the pizza industry may standardize the size of a slice. For amounts considered as a whole, I referred

CalifJim wrote: Vincent, Both are acceptable in all but the most formal contexts when speaking. The second should be used in writing and in formal speaking. Jim Sorry, but I cannot accept using a plural verb with a singular subject, just

"A Practical English Grammar" by Thomson and Martinet: As everyone/everybody takes a singular verb, the pronoun should be he/him, she/her with possessive adjectives his and her. But this is only found in formal English. In ordinary

See the following document for a list of which country uses what http://europa.eu.int/comm/economy_finance/euro/faqs/spelling_en.pdf Official practice followed in English-language EU legislation is to use the words euro and cent as both