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

Hi, Paragraph 4 Perhaps one of the most valuable safeguards of justice the jury system possesses is its effectiveness in ensuring equity when considering individual cases. A fundamental principle of justice, equity is about achieving equal

people is a plural word and therefore you would say 'people are coming' a group of people are coming this is the correct term.

No. A 'thank you' is a colloquial compound noun, like lounge room or room heater, and the 's' in 'thank yous' signifies the plural, so no apostrophe is used. Apostrophes are used to express possession e.g. Bob's car; or

Hi, In the phrase 'college holidays', the word 'college' is a noun used as an adjective to modify the plural word 'holidays'. This is often done, as you probably know. eg ' school uniforms', ' car keys'. Clive

"All 's I know is, she was drunk as a skunk!"  (That's not really a plural, if we're thinking about the same thing.) Avangi, I don't understand why you have used the apostrophe s with "all". Thanks CJ, for your