By Countable nouns, Adverbs

Mistakes made by Chinese Learners

Hi everyoneI just wondered if anyone could help - I have to write a profile of a chinese learner of English (completely made up). In it I must put any difficulties that the learner has in learning English as an L2. I have got so far:Intonation transfer from L1 may cause them to be perceived as...

Re: Questions

May I use the 'ING' form with any verb to create adjectives or nouns? No. The adjective 'Telephonic' has it an adverb to be 'Telephonically'? Yes. When I can use 'The', 'a', 'an' before nouns? An extremely broad question. A and an are usually not...

Re: I ate many more of the cookies than you did.

Angliholic wrote: Hoa Thai wrote: Angliholic wrote: I ate many more of the cookies than you did. I ate more of the cookies than you did. Do both of the above sound right and mean about the same to you? Thanks. Hi,I don't think 'of the' adds more meaning to the sentences, so I would not...

Re: Some questions

Spectacled-Girl wrote: Belly wrote: Oh, thanks. But how to correct my second sentence using "naturally"? I know the function of whose here, but wonder why he use is, not are, and when to use skin as an uncount or count noun? naturally symbol? I don't know whether it indicates the word can...

Re: Some questions

Belly wrote: Oh, thanks. But how to correct my second sentence using "naturally"? I know the function of whose here, but wonder why he use is, not are, and when to use skin as an uncount or count noun? naturally NOTE: It is 'countable' and 'uncountable'; not 'uncount' or 'count'.

Re: what could come after a preposition?

The only thing that can come after a preposition to form a prepositional phrase is a noun phrase, usually a noun accompanied by its preceding determiner and perhaps an adjective. A relative clause may be added. The noun itself may be a gerund. If the element after the candidate for a...

Re: A doubt!

Hi, Consider this sentence.He has a very good knowledge. What is the function of the aritcle 'a' in the sentence? ( I know that the articles can function as adjectives but never as adverbs..Well, the case here is different, isn't it?....Can an indefinite article modify an uncountable noun? ) ...

A doubt!

Hi! Consider this sentence.He has a very good knowledge. What is the function of the aricle 'a' in the sentence? ( I know that the articles can function as adjectives but never as adverbs..Well, the case here is different, isn't it?....Can an indefinite article modify an uncountable noun? ) I...

a little and little revisited

Hi, Please check if my reasoning is correct. a little and little are ususally used in front of uncountable nouns to signal the amount in possession and they respectively are coming from the positive polarity and negative polarity view points. I have a little or little money -- Here, it is...

Re: Change English As You Wish

Thank you to all those who have posted their suggestions to my little imagination game. Some have taken it very seriously thinking they would have to relearn English after the 'changes'. This was meant to be just a game, not for those wo take everything seriously, and of course in this game...