#2 When you are writing a list, or a parallel construction, as long as every item in the list takes on the same determiner, in this case "the", there is no need to repeat the determiner again. The only reason you would repeat the

I'm trying to figure out what this sentence is, and the Passive Past Perfect Continuous Interrogative is the best that I can think of. Where have all the reference books been put? It has the "have been + present part." form of the

What you call your "attempt" is almost perfect, Eddie. You're good at grammar! One minor correction I'd made would be the category acting as subject: it is a clause, not a phrase. It has a verb (even if not a finite form) and it

Recall that * means ungrammatical. _____ one is always countable. *coarse sand and fine one; *white sugar and brown one; *fresh milk and spoiled one; *British English and American one; *good knowledge and bad one But (countable):

Anonymous wrote: Please answer the following questions: 1. Why the word 'police' does not have a determiner in front of it when my dictionary noted that it could be a singular noun? ... identified by police and parents as the day-care

Please answer the following questions: 1. Why the word 'police' does not have a determiner in front of it when my dictionary noted that it could be a singular noun? ... identified by police and parents as the day-care center owner... 2.

What is the word sucks in " Homework sucks " ? Is it a verb or an adjective? If it is a verb, what does homework suck? This brings up an excellent point, and a wonderful opportunity to discover the beautiful syntactic structure of the English

Sources of simple examples to be examined from the viewpoint of grammatical constructions need not be cited. Cite the source when the material quoted is part of your argument for or against some point of view. As for your question about

Pradeep_tp wrote: Hello english world, I have been facing difficulty in understanding the usage of the words 'that ' and 'which'. I have no clear understanding of which word is more appropriate in what situation. 'Which' and 'that'

Nouns like "pants", "gloves", "glasses" are almost always used in plural forms, because the things expressed by them are useful only when they are paired. I feel this kind of noun is bit different from usual countable nouns in the choice between