By Expressions, Plurals

Hey, my wife is from Anori! I'd say it depends on what you're planning to do in the workshop. Since I've never heard the expression, I can't say which is more common. If you mean the workshop is generated by questions - totally open to questions - I'd call it a...

Hi KooyeenI agree with the natives. This is a borderline case. Resources is a plural but it is the amount rather than number of these resources that comes to mind first. Therefore there are restrictions on expressions that are normally used with plural nouns. Some of them sound...

1. If you are all sitting down to eat the meal together, you are preparing "lunch." If you are preparing meals that will be taken to school in boxes or bags and eaten individually, you are making "lunches." 2. The expression is so fixed as "Don't judge a book by its...

Hi TanitHere is the usage note from the American Heritage Dictionary:The sort of usage highlighted above is widely accepted.I'd say fewer than would tend to be used in such instances if you want to stress or focus on the individual "pieces" that make up the measurement (for whatever...

The idiomatic expression is: What concerns me (is) so that A follows automatically.

<> yourself: without helpby yourself : without help OR alone; when others are not with you If you want the meaning alone, you need by. Context also plays a role. I did it myself. (without help)I did it by myself. (without help)I did it while I was by myself. (while I was alone) ...

a group of diseases When the head of such an expression is a collective noun, like group, the complement will be countable and plural.a collection of stamps / coins / ...a group of diseases / people / students / ...an assembly of students / politicians / ... _______You can go with or without an...

Hi NL888"The joke's on you" is an expression that normally means "You (rather than somebody else) are the victim of a joke." or "You are the one we are laughing at"."Busted tees" is not an idiom, but it is a play on words here.A "tee" is a T-shirt. It might also be a golf tee. There is also the...

Which expressions is not acceptable?

Vincent Teo wrote: Can I say, (a) He had totally sold forty-seven of storybooks. He sold forty-seven storybooks in all. He sold a total of forty-seven storybooks. (b) He sold / sold out / up forty-seven storybooks. "Sold out" is an expression which means he sold all the storybooks he...