Thanks for your comments and reply to my queries. Your answers certainly erased some of my doubts toward the subject. What do you think of the following: 1) This is a list of medications which clinically show/ shows steady improvement on

I can't seem to relate the verb usage to the noun usage. Somebody educate me. What part of the shot are we evoking? I can't make it work. I don't think it measures up to U/D's standards. Are we talking about a rape here? The player

It would seem to me that it has the characteristics of all 3 It would depend on context, though the use of "depending on location" is more difficult (for me) to contextualize (without some modification) as a noun phrase. CJ

I would say that 'more than one' requires a singular noun so the third sentence is incorrect (in my view). In the first sentence 'more than one subject' is the subject of the sentence (in singular) so it should be correct.

Actually, how can we know whether it works as a noun or a verb ? I feel a little bit confused in here. Since it is quite strange for me that "peg" is not a verb in this context, especially it is followed by "to".. Thanks a

The territory's currency peg to the US dollar is helping "Peg" is a noun in this context.

I think the word "status" is an uncountable noun. It can also be countable. a is fine. Why does it have to be the phrase "a few" in front of the word "dozen"? It doesn't have to be "a few". However,

It sounds a bit awkward to me, but might be less awkward in context -- in other words, if the word "what" clearly referred back to a previously mentioned plural noun such as "words" or even "things". Why not

There are whole books on this subject, Anon. 95% of the uses of the definite article are at the front of a noun phrase to indicate that the noun is a specific one known to the speaker and/or listener, or that the noun has been mentioned previously

Hi. When do we use the indefinite article "an" before the word "extraordinary"? In a religious context, what could be the deciding factor for using the phrase "possess extraordinary power" versus using the phrase