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Hi Explor1ing I m confused too Which of the two nouns needs to be plural Both The meaning of the sentence is unclear How do you make a category Are you cataloguing books Setting up a new system If you wanted to say How many book categories are there then book is acting like an adjective modifying...

Hi You are not asking an easy question The apostrophe ess form is called the Saxon genitive which is derived from Old English so it s a very old feature of the English language It indicates possession or close association Perhaps it s easier to see feel close association when you are talking...

Actually I think I have already said what I had to say in my response to your post about the cats and alligators But I ll go over some of your concerns I think I saw from a post here that kind of said that many times having descriptive adjectives in front of UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS trigger the need...

Can anyone answer those questions categorically I think I saw from a post here that kind of said that many times having descriptive adjectives in front of UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS trigger the need necesssity to have the indefinite article a and I think Mr M said to the effect that in many cases the...