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Oops! I oversimplified. My remarks pertained to the use of next and the next when referring to time . Trains are different! Both of your examples require the next (train) . train is a countable, singular, concrete noun, so it has to have a determiner. This takes precedence over any other...

There is no consensus on how to handle numerals. They are like determiners and like nouns. Some grammarians just use "numeral" as another part of speech, like "noun" or "verb". I offer this analysis, but there are surely others. fifty is a noun acting as a...

They are both somewhat unusual and somewhat contradictory. there (as an adverb of place) is associated with things that are at some distance from the speaker (in contrast to here ). this and these are associated with things that are near the speaker (in contrast to that and those ). ...

"Please go to next class" is incorrect; it should be "Please go to the next class" or "Please go to your next class." "I will see you next period" is an expression that works just like "I will see you tomorrow" or "I will see you next week". We usually use "next something " phrases without a...

I think you may be misunderstanding what dictionaries tell us about words. The dictionaries say that 'love' is a noun. They also say that 'love' is a verb. How is that possible? Here's how. The dictionary is telling us that when 'love' is used as a noun, this is the meaning: (and the...

Riglos wrote: Hi people! First of all, let me give you some examples: Context: After a party, a woman is chatting with a friend about the party she went to the previous day: "I have met very many people at the party." Then, she goes on to tell her friend who is / was it that...

Hi, Context: After a party, a woman is chatting with a friend about the party she went to the previous day: "I have met vary many people at the party." More natural is 'I met a lot of people at the party'. 'Very many' does not work here. 'Many' is mainly used in the negative. 'I didn't...

Hi people! First of all, let me give you some examples: Context: After a party, a woman is chatting with a friend about the party she went to the previous day: "I have met vary many people at the party." Then, she goes on to tell her friend who is / was it that she met. Her friend...