By Football, Nouns

Could you please explain the terms "determiner" and "modifier"? (Note how to ask this kind of question. ) Determiners are those small words which come before nouns, like articles (a, an, the), possessive adjectives (my, your, his, ...), demonstrative adjectives (this, that, these, those), and...

Hi Mr. M. or other Englishpros, I'm still puzzled with your enlightenment. Please elaborate on your viewpoints more. 1. day line - what does line mean here? Do you consider day as a line? like considering time as a line, such as time line? 2. night line, such as night line news - what does...

The sentence "your body is relaxed" - "is" is present tense of the verb "to be", right? And is 'relaxed' the past participle? Also, the sentence "the restaurant staff played football against the customers" - what type of words are 'restaurant' and 'staff'. 'Staff' is a noun, right? And...

Not at all, Rolebra – there are plenty of strong disagreements on this site! They keep things ticking over. Although BrE speakers tend towards plural verbs with collective nouns (e.g. football teams, companies), a hefty minority will always choose the singular. But even amongst those, 'number +...

Hello Casi Hurmmm... that's interesting! I've waited (for) 15 minutes for the bus. Yes the second 'for' makes the use of the first 'for' awkward, as you pointed out. I think we may paraphrase it as I've awaited the bus (for) 15 minutes, but probably the use of 'await' sounds weird (too formal)....

I too find 'who are singing?' (and 'who are going?') strange. There doesn't seem to be a problem with the relative pronoun, which supports the point about known referents: 1. 'The people who were singing in the room...' But even where we know at least 22 people are involved, 'who is' seems...

Another common version is e.g. 'Thierry's better at football than David is.' 'Thierry's better at football than I am.' 'I'm better at football than she is.' This is often used for emphasis: 'I'm better at football than she is!'. MrP

Mr P 1. The jury consists of twelve persons (collective noun - singular). Here, the jury is operating as a single unit. 2. The jury were divided in their opinions (noun of multitude - plural). One can say "The jury is divided" but, as soon as you introduce the members as in "their...

Hello Jim, I am struggling a bit to understand your point of view - of course I accept that English speakers from America and England are going to use slightly different rules, and that's fine by me - however, I have also noticed that in American usage, expressions such as 'School is Out'...

This is an ongoing difficulty for students, Salam: Some sports, those that are games, we 'play'-- play tennis, play football, play cricket, play rugby, play hockey. For the martial arts, and a few other skill-oriented sports we usually 'practice'-- practice judo, practice kyudo, practice...