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There are several linguistic resources that help people express genericity(??, what's genercity?). Down below, it can be observed several forms that can also express something different than genericity(?)--awkward sentence. In the first pair of sentences one find two degrees of genericity...

Actually, I think you communicate rather well, Hanuman. It's more a matter of being careful with your spelling and punctuation, generally. Your questions: (1) "The pronoun "You" is same for singular and plural. But I have no idea how to use it as singular"-- Guess what? You just did use it,...

Like any stickler for punctuation I gringe when I see the apostrophy used when term should be plural, not possessive. I ran into a problem today though. How do I represent a letter grade as being plural. For instance: "I received mostly A's and B's in English class." "I received mostly As and...

The plural of pleasure is "pleasures". The "s" used as an inflectional suffix becomes part of the word it is added to. Using an apostrophe would be incorrect. I think I've missed something, though, because I cannot see any questions about punctuation. Miriam

pleural would be: "In two weeks' time" No. . . . PLURAL would be "in two weeks' time." Pleural would be related to the walls of the thorax, as in a "pleural effusion."

The sentence is faulty and nonsensical. The noun "analysts" is plural but the proper pronoun "Fat Prophets" to which it refers is singular. It also lacks proper punctuation. There should be a comma after "Prophets" Furthermore, if "Fat Prophets" is referring to a company instead of an...

The correct spelling of "grammer" is "grammar". "Nazi's", if you mean the plural of Nazi, should be "Nazis" without the apostrophe. The "s" is part of the word. "Grammar Nazis" appears to be a vocative, so I would add a comma after it. Finally, since the exclamation mark functions as full stop,...

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...

In speech, the context will supply the meaning. If the person to whom you are speaking doesn't know if there is more than one owner/attorney/nurse, then you have to tell him explicitly. In writing you have less knowledge of the reader, so you have to indicate with the punctuation. Having said...

Hi, in-between implies that at least two elements are involved. Where there are at least two elements, it’s appropriate to use the plural form of stimulus (stimuli). Therefore, “in between each of the stimuli” is correct. Alternatively, you could say “After Each stimulus”….