In Verbs^x, Football^x

Hi, so how about: "Computer is my favourite activity." "I don't like this so much, because you are specifically speaking about 'activity', so you need a verb. eg Using computers is my favourite activity." "Football is my favourite pastime." THis is OK, because you are not speaking about...

Yeah, thanks Alienvoord. I surfed the Net quite a lot in search of some examples, and it seems there's no rules for that. This is what I got from the Net: What make/makes me happy are my friends --- It seems makes (i.e. singular verbs) is the most used. My friends are what make/makes me...

Ignorant88 wrote: I was told that when a parenthetical element follows a coordinating conjunction used to connect two independent clauses, we do put a comma in front of the parenthetical element. 1) The Tigers spend much of the season at the bottom of the league, and even though they picked...

Here's something that's been puzzling me for a very long time:I like football. --> I do like football.Jenny went there but... --> Jenny did go there but...In both examples, emphasised by the auxiliary verb do.But:I can do it but... --> ???She is nice but... --> ???He will go there...

Hi, I've gone through the first paragraph for you and highlighted problems in the rest. Your main difficulty seems to be the use of singular/plural, verb tenses and knowing when you need a determiner. There are other errors as well though. Once again, NO CAPITAL LETTER AFTER COMMAS! Nicely...

There are transitive verbs, intransitive ones, and there are verbs that are of both types. I play very well. Intransitive, because there is no object attached to the verb. I play football. football is the direct object of the verb, thus 'play' here is transitive. I like you. 'you' is the...

Hi, speaking about American English, is there any difference between: 1. Do you play (any) sports? or I used to play (some) sports... 2. Do you do (any) sports? or I used to do (some) sports... I am confused because, for example, you can play football but you can't play...

Which one is correct? I'm inclined to say that the second book is correct. There is no difference in meaning between the structure S V O to I and S V I O (for those verbs that allow both constructions). Even in the case cited by the first book, I can easily imagine a counterexample in the...

Hi Crazy-- I finally got here. I have added some comments in brackets after underlined 'problems':Do Sports and Drugs Mix? Since the dawn of time years while playing football and was the quarter back of our team. Everyone thought he was going to make it to the NFL but during our...

To be good at and to be good in are often interchangeable, and there is no easy rule to follow. In simple statements, the standard form appears to be good at as in 'I'm not very good at football'. However, in this following sentence, to be good in seems more likely than to be good at, i.e: 'He...