The double-s is ubiquitous. Most adjectives can be turned into nouns by adding "-ness." bashfulness, consciousness, liveliness, etc. also, authoress, agribusiness, (just for fun) Edit. Hmm, looks like I need to visit the optometrist

Hello. I happened to fine this website when I searched for information about English grammar. A few minutes ago, I read a sentence, "There's something the matter with this pen." I can't understand how

Hi. Thank you. You wrote: 2-- I don't understand your question. The second is correct. 'Near or far' are coordinate post-modifying adjectives. Thank you for helping me. Could we safely say that the words in parentheses

You know, there is a certain entertainment value in reading the word choices of non English speakers, because even if the meaning is clear, sometimes the world choices are something that no native speaker would use. Conclusive is an adjective (I

Now if I look up "are," the dictionary tells me that it is the present plural of "be." But what I would expect is that it would tell me that it is the present plural of "am" or "is" because those are the

There has nothing to do with the choice; thus: Are there any wafer s ? Also note that below cannot be used as an adjective and consequently you need to change the word order: "Can I use 'are' in the question below ?" Oddly

From a strictly grammatical point of view, only really soon is correct because real is originally an adjective. In informal style and spoken English real is used as an adverb but it's a good idea to avoid expressions like real good in serious

"extraordinary" is an adjective and therefore doesn't take an article. http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/540/01/

Trying to describe a person who is easily offended by incorrect usage and is quick to point out mistakes...please don't say a High School English teacher, but you know the type. Also looking for something as simple as a person who is an expert

I was discussing the following sentence with my English teacher: Perhaps most difficult of all is estimating distance and speed when you are passing a car going in the same direction. She says that 'estimating' is not a gerund but is