Hi, I think it has been noted in this forum that a genitive (I think it means a noun that has or is from a verbal root) can be (made it to be) a countable noun, possibly like this "a barking of a dog need not be heeded." Here, a barking can be

Hi, Sometimes I see phrasal cases where adjectives in front of a noun seem to warrant it to be plural but ends up being the case of shared adjectives. Is this one? Can you help me to clearly distinguish similar situations? both singular and

Hi, Which is correct? and please explain One of my cowork ers is a marketing genius or One of my cowork er is a marketing genius you can send me an email: bmrustia@yahoo.com Only #1 is correct. What you are saying is 'One from a

Hi, Note that 'odds' is a plural word. The odds of one number not turning up for 8 spins are over 1:25 Best wishes, Clive

I dont think it matters how many search results "Geniuses" or "Genii" get, it matters that the real plural word for Genius is Genii. FULL STOP Learn real english, not American english

what is the plural word for vest?

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

Hi, Could you please explain that why there are no production data in June 10 & 20? Could you please explain why there are/is no production data for June 10 & 20? 'Data' is a plural word, but it is often treated as a singlar

Today's show on NPR included this word puzzle. A common English plural word (common in the plural, rather than the singular, I believe) that has no letters in common with the singular form. Any ideas?

Kooyeen wrote: Hi, here's another thing that is driving me crazy: There is/are a group. There was/were a group. There is/are a group of people There was/were a group of people. There is/are a group of people who are trying to block the road .