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StartFragment > In 'figure' article in a dicitonary, 'a head for figures' come up two times and 6 figures • a natural ability with figures 8 a person in a painting or a model of a person: • the figure in the background • A Head for Figures I want to know what...

StartFragment > In 'figure' article in a dicitonary, 'a head for figures' come up two times and 6 figures • a natural ability with figures 8 a person in a painting or a model of a person: • the figure in the background • A Head for Figures I want to know what...

A) By June, her diet was limited to bread and water. Anything else would induce the abdominal pain. I haven't studied English grammar as systematically as you probably have, but to me the sense is 3 (repetition in the past). Look at this alternative: B) By June, her diet was limited...

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...

From answers.com : Speakers of some vernacular American dialects, particularly in the South, may use the possessive reflexive form hisself instead of himself (as in He cut hisself shaving ) and theirselves or theirself for themselves (as in They found theirselves alone ). These forms...

I think both "a ten-storeyed building" and "a ten-storey building" are valid. "ten-storeyed building" refers to, uh, "quality" meaning "a building that has 10 stories" in the same way that "three-legged stool" means "a stool that has three legs" "ten-storey building" refers to "number"...

British English is more accepting of The club have ... There is a greater tendency in BrE to match the verb (in number) with the notional subject. That is, if the speaker thinks of the club as a plurality, he or she uses a plural verb with club . The club has ... is very definitely the...

Ruslana wrote: Goodman wrote: Neither the letters nor the memo (was) on your desk. Neither/ either/ any/ someone etc.....always takes on the singular verb form Neither is paired with nor as either is with or , and in those uses as...

Goodman wrote: Neither the letters nor the memo (was) on your desk. Neither/ either/ any/ someone etc..always takes on the singular verb form Neither is paired with nor as either is with or , and in those uses as conjunctions they pose usage problems of agreement. Usually they will...