By Tenses, Plurals

I have also been a business studies teacher all my life. I assumed that because you have various customers, they might each require a different solution for their individual needs. Therefore I used the plural tense for solutions to match the plural word "customers" - but not knowing exactly...

The celebration ended with a dazzling display of fireworks. ( active voice celebration ended instead of was ended, dazzling is an adjective modifying display, there are more than one firework so use plural ) When the celebration ends, they could watch the firework display. ( Present tense is...

If this sentence is read to me, this is my analytical reaction: She likes fried chicken and juice. --- . In our free time, we would go to the library and read lots of books. 1) “She Likes”- is present, so the tense is established in the context. 2) If we talked about a...

you forgot some of the most important contraction forms such as ustacud- to have been able to in the past tense yawntu- do you want to jeetyet- an inquisition into someones hunger whatdayalauw- I suppose this means what do you think but it has never really made any sense at...

Oh dear, I hate to disagree with other members, but some of Mr. Proofread correction's are not correct. Dglene, please don't post quite so many in one post, okay? It's a little tiring to go through them all. Remember to use end punctuation, and note that many of these are quite repetitive. If...

These terms (this/that/these/those) are a little bit interchangable. (For example, I could have said, "Those terms" instead of "These terms.") This and That are used with singular nouns (This idea) and These and Those are plural (These ideas). It has nothing to do with present or past tense. It...

This/That/These/Those are not verbs and therefore do not have tenses.They are pronouns.This is a word : These are words = the first is singular, the second is plural. "This/These" refer to things that are near OR identify something specific.This book is very easy to read. These books are heavy...

Peaceblinkfriend wrote:Hi all agian I would like to know the differences between these pairs of sentences. Which is correct and why ?1. a) What are the differences between these two ? OK. This suggests that there is (or may be) more than one difference. b) What is the difference between...

Tinaflurrs wrote:This is an assigned letter to my teacher for a portfolio assignment. What I am posting is only a portion of what I have written, just want your feedback for mechanical errors. Any great writer possesses the ability to obtain passion, creativity, and style that shapes a great...

Question 1Although the question has already been answered, I should like to comment on why arise is the correct choice. The subject of the clause should any difference arise is difference, which is singular and third person. One of the fundamental principles of English grammar is that the subject...