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Thank you for your reference, comments, and advice.I will read these threads, taking more time. Thank you. By the way, could you please tell me if the words such as voltage" and "electric current" can really be countable. In other words, is it NOT wrong if they are written like...

Hi,it's just an idiom used to say "that husband who is a fool". But I think there's something interesting about this idiom, which I am not sure about. 1) Additional particles go before the first noun:I saw your idiot of a sister. I saw that idiot of a sister of yours.NOT: I saw...

Hi, Nowadays I am listening to downloads from BBC and I frequently hear" sixty second recap". I really wonder what it means. 'Recap' is short for 'recapitulation', meaning a repeating of something in summary form Thus, a brief 60-second summary of what has just been...

Hi KooyeenI say a pair of scissors, a pair of pants, a pair of shoes, a pair of glasses, etc. sometimes. However, when I refer to those things, I do not always include 'a pair of'. As I see it, the question here is not whether using 'a pair of Xes' is idiomatic or not. To me,...

Yep, but that doesn't solve my problem, LOL.Look at parts in bold... If "a pair of scissors" is not idiomatic in AmE, is there any other way to say the parts in bold?So you just say you are going to buy some scissors even if you have to buy one pair, right? But it sound strange to...

Hi, 1. Kindly tell if any grammar errors in the following: Oritel East & Oritel West are one of the finest hotels in Mumbai. (or at Mumbai) Oritel East and Oritel West are two of the finest hotels in Mumbai. Oritel East & Oritel West are the finest hotels in Mumbai. Oritel East and...

The article can be omitted not because it is plural, but because it is headline style.

Thanks sir even my first preference is 1st headline, Lessons from US polls, but one doubt should not it be Lessons from the US polls, why article is omited is it because polls is plural

Hi, I think when you are giving names of categories, parts, roles, or the likes of them, you are at liberty in terms of putting or not putting articles. Can 'factors' be one of them? I think it can. Can you say consistency needs to be followed for situations like those indicated? I am asking...

Turned uncountable.Yes, some words are more labile (change from count to non-count and vice versa) more happily and readily than others. I think your more recent sentence needs the (at the very least, for the sake of consistency):a proposal that the parent would replace the teacher and the...