You know, I love this, because I have been battling the school (3rd grade) regarding this same subject. They don't know what they are teaching. Clive although your answers meet some of the requirements, please, if you can explain, why or what

hi all, below is an email to an executive, first I want to know should I use (As well or Also)? and when we can use them? also if there is any corrections please advice! Dear *** I tried to reach you by phone but was unsuccessful. I wanted to

Where can I find information about compound subjects and their agreement with verbs? I thought that the verb "don't" goes with plural subjects and "doesn't" with singular. But I think that is only with 3rd person

Kooyeen wrote: Yoong Liat wrote: Yoong Liat wrote: There is / are a cat and a dog. (In AmE, both are acceptable.) Hi Yoong, I didn't know that, where did you find out it? I always thought "are" didn't sound

Q1: No, I don't think there's any difference between A and B. Q2: In any setting, it's usually better to avoid repetition. A sounds more formal to me, but both A and B would work in formal writing. Q3: I think the verb should be "are" any

You're welcome, Malory Here we go now with the new sentences: 1. Compound-complex. 2. Simple (what is compound in that sentence is the predicate, which has two heads or main verbs for the same subject). 3. Complex. 4. Compound-complex.