By Grammar, Nouns

Re: grammar learning

Raen, at times like this I realize just how poorly I chose my nickname here. What goes from one person to the other is the DIRECT object. The $50. The person who receives the direct object is the INDIRECT object. The clerk. I sent a letter to my sister. The letter is the DO, and my sister is...

grammar learning

II'd be one to admit grammar is never my strong suit but I'm always eager to learn. I've read thoroughly the thread titled "grammar exercise" regarding noun clause/subordinate clause used as adjective, adverb, indirect object and so forth. I really had to strain my brain to...

Re: grammar help!

'They' is commonly used here. This is the so-called 'Singular They', but I read somewhere that this is a disputed usage. I have finally located the site where I have seen it. It is a blog post titled Concord failures/noun-pronoun disagreements?‏ Best regards.

Re: noun

Hi, 1. I learned that we could use the word 'different' with an uncountable noun like 'different grammar'. Then, it is also known to me that we can't use the word 'several' with an uncountable noun. Going back to the word 'different', how possibly one's...

Re: noun

.1. I learned that we could use the word 'different' with an uncountable noun like 'different grammar' -- RightThen, it is also known to me that we can't use the word 'several' with an uncountable noun.-- Right We held different discussion on the topic and couldn't...

noun

Hi, I have two questions 1. I learned that we could use the word 'different' with an uncountable noun like 'different grammar'. Then, it is also known to me that we can't use the word 'several' with an uncountable noun. Going back to the word 'different', how...

Re: Ending a grammar argument

Hello Branwen319, welcome to English Forums! (Are there really 318 other Branwens here?)No comma is needed; "your" is a possessive pronoun, and "no" is an indefinite determiner (i.e. they're not adjectives). Two or more qualitative adjectives may be separated by a comma,...

Re: Maybe or may not be

Hi RotterI don't care too much whether an article is used or not. Clearly, though, Huevos is a layman as far as grammar is concerned. Microsoft Windows 2008 Server would indeed be a proper noun if server were capitalized. In the original sentence lower case is used. Names and proper nouns...

Re: Amy's 8-letter word

Well, let's put it this way: It's not something that you can normally touch or pick up unless the word is printed out on a piece of paper. It's used to categorize certain types of things.

Re: Analysis sentence

Hi, Sentence A . It takes all sorts ( to make a world ) ( saying ) used to say that you think somebody's behaviour is very strange or unusual but that everyone is different and likes different things. ( Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary ). it takes all sorts ( to make a world ) (...