In Paragraphs^x, Plurals^x

Hello. :-) Today I wrote an email referring to paragraphs in a journalist's article, and was corrected for my use of abbreviation combined with apostrophes. I believe I was correct in my usage, but I'd like to ask on here. The context of the usage in the original email was: "the...

It certainly isn't childish practicing non-regular plurals and I enjoyed playing the game as well. (I didn't know there was a word for 'male cow' so thanks for teaching me that one).At the end of the second paragraph, I suspect you meant to say 'dessert' instead of 'deserve'... Even though you...

Hi, I think the best thing is if I give you some comments and suggestions, so that you can edit this yourself. That way, you will be better set for next time. You have problems with 'run-on' sentences. This means you are writing one sentence but then just adding another sentence into it...

Some university universities(you need the plural when you’re using “some”) are adopting Internet-based learning(or “e-learning” for short) while others are sticking to the traditional, face-to-face teaching. Personally, I prefer the former. I’d like to explain the second change a little more...

Could you tell me?Is the following paragraph true concerning the usage of "both".I think there must be a plural verb after both....and "Months before Turkey and the European Union are to open accession talks, the mood in both Ankara and Brussels is far from bright, with increasing skepticism of...

http://pinker.wjh.harvard.edu/articles/media/1994_01_24_thenewrepublic.html Probably no "grammatical error" has received as much scorn as "misuse" of pronoun case inside conjunctions (phrases with two parts joined by is an object that requires object case, it does not mean that is an object...

1) “X, for her part, finds it hard to believe that the Skeptic is able to achieve happiness, since the state of unperturbedness reveals itself as deeply boring and unappealing, and she even doubts that the attainment of this mental state is psychologically possible”. I think that here I was...

Heh... they are all right. It could be 1,2 and 3 or just clause 3. But you said the entire bit, it wouldn't matter because each condition is "stacked" upon each other. If 3 refers to 2 then Clause 3 will actually mean: more platters means more moving parts What you wrote above is not standard...

Hi Frisco, Welcome to English Forums. Your posting is not bad as an introductory paragraph for your essay. In the first sentence: 'Has created an uproar among academic students' would be the correct phraseology. In the fourth sentence: the comparison should be more precisely in parallel--...

In the sentence: Dear Jesus, help us to remember the unconditional love You have for us not only during this 'Christmas Season,' but each day of our life. Should it read life or lives since I am using plural in this paragraph? Thank you.