By Universities, Plurals

I agree with cairn, a) from A University Grammar of English,Randolph Quirk and Sidney Greenbaum, ELBS with Longman, ISBN 0 582 05886 4, page 179. " Indefinite expression of amount 7.24 Another area of ambivalence is that of indefinite and negative expressions of amount. For example in ...

These words or phrases need correction: Madam or Sir was graduated bachelor International business the xxx University pre master’s your University interest to experiment Finland (needs a comma) I am speaking Finish a mother tongue (should be plural) I always lived (verb aspect) used to...

Hello Lofito. The following words and phrases need some work: at University know on the other hand the (delete all of this) International get some (change the verb and omit 'some') USA (comma needed) innovating (wrong form) make (wrong word) a resourceful surrounding (should be plural) values...

The following words and phases need repair or replacement, Bubu: trde competition (needs a comma) afford ignore finance related (needs a hyphen) those, who (no comma) field, must (no comma) finance related fields (needs hyphen and comma) A basic idea on (should be plural; wrong...

Roro, thank you for your time. Hello, and thank you for your question, Professor Ruzinsky! I am not a professor. That title is reserved for high ranking teachers at universities which I am not. In the USA, a Ph.D. carries a title of "Dr." but I prefer that you simply call me by my registered...

Hello, and thank you for your question, Professor Ruzinsky! Beforehand I have to warn you: I'm not a linguist yet. I'm studying it still. I try to answer to your question as far as possible, and when my answers are not satisfactory, I'm sure other members are along with me. 1. How did you make...

Hello Hela "Group" is a group noun (a collective noun, or a noun of multitude). Similar nouns are; army, association, audience, board, clan, class, club, commission, committee, community, company, corporation, council, couple, crew, crowd, department, enemy, faculty, family, federation, firm,...

Hi Lyn, Here is one of my posts from a previous thread on the topic of articles. It might help. Posted: 03-30-2005 12:26 PM The correct use of articles is acknowledged to be one of the most difficult points of English grammar, so don't be despondant Ali; mistakes don't usually matter too...

An excellent reply, Jazz. I hope you won't mind if I expand on it a little. The correct use of articles is acknowledged to be one of the most difficult points of English grammar, so don't be despondant Ali; mistakes don't usually matter too much, as you will still be understood. First, we don't...

1. Use of present perfect tense and simple past tense Speakers of American English generally use the present perfect tense (have/has + past participle) far less than speakers of British English. In spoken American English it is very common to use the simple past tense as an alternative in...