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A word about classifiers I looked up classifier in my dictionary a very good one and it does not define it I turned to dictionary com and found the following definition A word or morpheme used in some languages in certain contexts such as counting that indicates the semantic class to which an...

Forbes wrote The trouble I have with that is that no modern linguist attempts to describe one language in the terms of another Any recent description of Chinese I have read does not do it when it talks about other aspects of the language and I am left puzzling as to why whether or not the...

I have got to the stage where I am not sure excatly what it is that we are argiung about other than whether or not Chinese is monsyllabic Perhaps you could explain again waht the basic points are that you wish to make My basic point is that Chinese is monosyllabic and that contentions that it is...

Forbes wrote I have got to the stage where I am not sure exactly what it is that we are arguing about other than whether or not Chinese is monosyllabic Perhaps you could explain again what the basic points are that you wish to make My basic point is that Chinese is monosyllabic and that...

Pravinth Only in the case of third person singular number present tense s is added with the verb Example He goes to the school but they go to the school Tom Dick and Harry go She cooks every day but they cook etc

Yes I thought maybe that s what you were referring to would in an if clause is possible when the would or the entire if clause is part of a formula of politeness if you would be so kind is a typical example of if with would in a politeness phrase This formula is equivalent to please This sort of...

WANG CHUN wrote 1 Ancient and modern human beings use their great intelligence to invent machines that help people lead a comfortable and convenient life My problem with this sentence is that it is not possible for ancient human beings to do anything any more so using the present tense just...

Jack112 wrote For should how do I use it for conditionals Do I use it with present tense past tense or future tense 1 Should I buy another one will I have the same problem 2 Should I buy another one would I have the same problem 3 Should I buy another one am I going to have the same problem...

Mary Ansell has a chapter on the subjunctive mood at http www fortunecity com bally durrus 153 gramch09 html One of the complications in using the subjunctive is the fact that besides hypothetical condition clauses which require the subjunctive there are factual condition clauses that do not The...

I am a native speaker of United States English I would add that both sentences are grammatically correct but semantically different The wording and structure make me think the intended meaning is 1 Films engage in an activity focusing on journalism 2 Since films focus on journalism it follows...