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Re: sport

Hi LiJ This topic has been discussed before and I hope you will find the following helpful. In British English 'sport' is the general term and is an uncountable noun. For example: (1) He is not interested in sport. (2) There is too much sport on television. (3) She excels at...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Yoong Liat 10 days ago American English Plurals Nouns British English Uncountable nouns Countable nouns
Re: Corpora: Native discovery

I agree with Jim. Native speakers decide what is correct. Of course, there are so many "kinds" of native speakers that you can't know everything about everyone's English usage... and not even about your own dialect, sometimes.Teacher: No, "my hair are black" is not ok....

ESL Linguistics Discussion Forum by Kooyeen 30 days ago Dialects Plurals American English
Re: Football / Ice hockey results and scores: How to write and talk

That is interesting indeed and I agree with you Old Man Gordon. I am from Finland and according to my Finnish-English dictionary I should say "Finland is leading 2-0" without using the plural verb and"The Finns are leading 2-0" when using a plural expression. But I guess...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by optilang 38 days ago American English Verbs Plurals Difference between Expressions Football
Re: Football / Ice hockey results and scores: How to write and talk

That is interesting indeed and I agree with you Old Man Gordon. I am from Finland and according to my Finnish-English dictionary I should say "Finland is leading 2-0" without using the plural verb and"The Finns are leading 2-0" when using a plural expression. But I guess this...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by EagerSeeker 38 days ago American English Verbs Plurals Difference between Nouns Expressions Football
Re: Has/have

Hi,"have" is the "prescriptively correct" one, because it actually and grammatically refers to "languages".Now, the fact is that a lot of native speakers use the singular in those kinds of structures, because they make the verb agree with what comes before "one...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Kooyeen 95 days ago American English Grammar Verbs Plurals Subjunctives
Re: Can 'a list' be represented by plural pronoun?

North American English is very strict on this. If the subject is singular (as is list), then the verb must be singular. An American therefore must say England IS winning and the crew (or team) IS on board. mr steve

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Anonymous 150 days ago American English Verbs Plurals Nouns Pronouns
Re: A group of students - number confusion

I would have used the plural for both verbs. I was told people say "A group of children are playing", not "is playing".I think "group" is a collective noun, and in American English it's singular: "The team is ready". In British English you might hear "The team are ready", but not in AmE.But when...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Kooyeen 213 days ago American English Verbs Plurals Nouns Numbers British English
Re: which/that

Thanks Jim, I understand, even though it seems kind of complicated to me.Also because I noticed this strange thing: CalifJim wrote:The discussion above covers most of this. which is more often used than who in AmE, and what the team, audience, etc. is/are actually doing may influence the...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Kooyeen 230 days ago American English Verbs Singular verbs Plurals Clauses Nouns
Re: In the garden is/are a cat, a dog, and a rabit.

Hi Teo I hope the following will be helpful. In BrE, it should be There is a cat and a dog. Below is the information extracted from two books on English usage. The first book is on British English usage, the second on American English usage. 'The Right Word at the Right Time'...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Yoong Liat 243 days ago Regards American English Verbs Plurals Constructions British English Compound subjects

Yoong Liat wrote:Hi GoodmanYou wrote: I have been labeled and called by many descriptions, hinted being “Ignorant” is the first ... I'm not hinting that you're ignorant. I say that if a learner tells me "informal" means "wrong", I'll understand that he says so because he is ignorant. But you...

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Re: sport

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Re: A group of students - number confusion

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