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Calif Jim I used past tense in the 'posing' example because I was imagining a press article describing the event. When we say "Manchester United are (or is) posing for photos", we are doing so in the belief that the listener or reader will infer we mean the players - or at least those players...

Welcome to English Forums! Let me suggest that you might have got your point across a little better had you used the present tense in your "posing" examples. The past tense neutralizes the distinction between singular and plural. Can you explain it with "Manchester United is/are posing for...

- Irregular plurals (noun); Irregular tense form (verb) "Regular-ise them, please!" It is my wish when I was in my school time. I will simply call "irregular noun of plural form" "irregular noun", vice versa I will simply call "irregular verb of different tense form" "irregular verb", vice...

Hi, Does + Subject + root verb ..? Yes, a1) is present tense. It usually describes a accepted fact or habitual behavior. The verb that follows an auxiliary must be a root verb. So it is wrong to generate a question like 'Does she has(incorrect) a sense of humor?' Instead, you should say 'Does...

Hey, glad we could help you out! "where" is a question word. You use it in sentences like, "Where is Bob?" or "Where are you going on vacation?" or "Where can I go to eat a good steak?" "were" is the plural past tense of the verb "to be". So, you would use it in sentences like these: ...

Susan, I understand the frustration you are feeling. Your language, Chinese, is what linguists call an "isolating language". All information, such as the time an action occurred, is conveyed by the choice and order of words in a sentence. There are no verb tenses. There are no plurals. In...

Hi Timbo, nice to meet you - haven't talked to you yet, have I? Where in Australia are you from? As I can see, your e-mail address is not an Australian one - do you live in Switzerland at the moment? I was wondering you knew about the German forms, so do you learn German? Actually,...

Deepa, I totally agree with you! As examples always enlighten a lot, I'll give you some impressions of my mother tongue German: I have to say that English in many cases is simpler than my native language. You mentioned e.g. the gender of a noun which is usually expressed by the article. In...

We've pretty much covered the apple, with all it's various different shades of meaning above. Your mention of "singular pronoun" is misleading, however. Everything would work out exactly the same if it had said "Our" instead of "My". The number of the pronoun is irrelevant here - only the number...

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