In British English^x, Constructions^x, Nouns^x

Recall that means ungrammatical __ one is always countable coarse sand and fine one white sugar and brown one fresh milk and spoiled one British English and American one good knowledge and bad one But countable a happy child and a sad one happy children and sad ones the happy child and the sad...

Nona The Brit wrote In British English nouns such as team can be treated as either plural or singular Nona I think this is more a question of your ear being accustomed to this type of construction rather than it being good grammar To me also a British native it is unacceptable Nona The Brit...

It s fine in British English too The food where I live is good The service where I shop is rubbish The children where I work are awful The noise where I sleep is unbelievable Of course these do all have nouns before the where just not one relating to the place It s not necessary in this type of...

They are insisting he go goes to Athens It is advisable that he spend not spends the summer holidays with you As a footnote in British English the present subjunctive is much less common than the indicative in such structures though curiously in the last 10 to 20 years it has become more common...

Hello AnonI m a mere English learner from Japan and my role here is rather an asker than an answerer But if you don t mind I d like you to read my ideas about your question I take school in go to school or church in go to church as an uncountable noun As you suggested school or church in such...

1 Worse is the comparative of bad while worst is the superlative bad worse the worst His new movie is worse than his last Your cooking is getting worse compared to before Among his movies the newest one is the worst This is the worst of all 2 I m reproducing Taiwandave s post in its entirety The...

I ll address those as quickly as possible Yes I m Welsh I completed my first degree in England but now I m back in Wales for my Doctorate Sounds very grand but as you know it s only like crossing State Lines in the US The only place I ve ever been to I d even consider leaving Wales for is NYC I...

Thanks Miriam I think that accessory is properly an adjective and can be used as such as the essential and the accessory words in a sentence In car accessories and other similar phrases the adjective has become a noun as we can easily see because of the s of the plural as opposed to the true etc...