By Dates, Nouns

Re: "schlump" vs "slump"

That was my first guess. But I think it's real Yiddish.m-w.comMain Entry: schlump Pronunciation: \ˈshləmp\ Function:noun Etymology:Yiddish shlump sloppy or dowdy personDate:1948 yourdictionary.com☆ schlump (s̸hlump) noun a...

Re: Nominative pronouns and objective

September 20, 2003 was the date on the original post.Please note the dates. You are years too late to help the original poster, who needed to know by "Monday".

Re: Pronoun Cases

.You didn't do very well.1.Please give Paul and me your undivided attention. 2.Jacob and I are going to set a meeting date.3.Carol told Sylvia and him the good news.4.Send the package to Tanya and him.

Re: Pronoun Cases

Cute, there is one rule that will always help you here. Take "Paul" or "Carol" out of the sentence and figure out what's left. 1.Please give I your undividened attention. 2. me are going to set a meeting date. 3.Carol told he the good news. 4.Send the package to...

Pronoun Cases

Hello Guys!Help me out with this pronouns!Point out my mistakes in following sentences in using Pronouns:- 1.Please give Paul and I your undividened attention. 2.Jacob and me are going to set a meeting date.3.Carol told Sylvia and he the good news.4.Send the package to Tanya and him.

Re: one slash...

Thanks Kooyeen. I know it is WRONG, WRONG, WRONG to use "software" as a countable noun. We can certainly find a lot of reasons why "software" should be uncountable. However, I just hate I have to say "a piece of software" or a "software package" every...

Re: English from evolution perspective

hello it should be in this format, I begin to realize that natural language or human language is not just governed by a couples of rules or grammars, but as well as naturally formed rules through a period of time, cultures influences, regions and frequency of it being used. Compound...

English from evolution perspective

I begin to realize that natural language or human language is not just governed by a couples of rules or grammars, but as well as naturally formed rules through a historical period of time, cultures influences, regions and frequency of it being used. Compound noun (solid form, hypernated form,...

Re: Date ahead...

.-These are good now. -- these documents are valid now. These is required here; them is an object pronoun. You could have dated these ahead -- you could have placed the earliest valid date in the future. Both these (as a pronomial) and them are possible here. Writer's choice. but these is...

Re: whoever, singular or plural?

The questionof 'whoever' being sing. or plural depends on its use in the sentence, and if it is qualified by a noun in apposition:Always singular: Whoever is here can pick up a form. = Whoever is it that is here.../It does not matter who the person is, he or she can pick up a form. ...