Hi, everyone. Today when I was reading an article on anti-plagiarism software, I came across the structure of "a ... amount of + the plural form of a countable noun". The whole paragraph in which the structure appears goes as follows:

1) This was an example on an internet site: 'That must be him on the phone' The site suggested that it should read, 'that must be he on the phone' Correct. But I'm the only person I know personally who says it that way. Their

Yoko: Some of my dictionaries say that "deer" is both the singular and the plural form. Additionally, Yoko, There is one deer in the park. There are two deer in the park. "deer" doesn't take -s in the plural. It's a mass noun. But

'It is she' is the accepted formal style for the written language. 'It is her' is becoming increasingly acceptable in semi-formal situations, and is a common colloquialism. Context can alter the usage, however: 'It is she who opened all my

John Dean typed thus: Am I alone in disliking "invite" as a noun? It right sets me off, it does. Alright, I'll stop using it for awhile. I had thought this was one of the awfuler Americanisms, but not so. Both Merriam-Webster and 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

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Let me ask a question about the following sentence. They really knocked our radars back with white noise. (p475,Red Rising ... thing back I don't know what movement the thing will get by being knocked back, especially when it is radar. Thanks