By Negations, Plurals

Something to chew on:THE NOTION OF STANDARD SPOKEN GRAMMAR The term ‘standard grammar’ is most typically associated with written language,and is usually considered to be characteristic of the recurrent usage of adult,educated native speakers of a language. Standard grammar ideally reveals...

I agree with your analysis regarding the character of the two dictionaries. If change equal degradation, English was ruined hundreds of years ago. There are countless examples of that: the use of the auxiliary do in questions and negations, the use of s as a nearly universal plural ending, the...

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Hello all,I have yet to find a satisfactory explanation for the plural and negation agreement. Should on say "I have no objections" or I have no objection". Or "I have no remorses" vs "I have no remorse"Anyone can shed some light on this issue?Thanks a thousand timesJohn

Hello everybody, Yes, the issue is singular or plural as many questions have been posted in the past and so will be. I searched this sort of any previous question but whether or not I am a bad internet surfer I coudn't find what I am going to mention. Elemental but very ambiguous. -...

~girding on my armour~ I'm coming to rescue my mother tongue from the evils of translation engines!! ~chuckle~ I've never liked those translation programs, and I see I have good reasons for it! "Hola a todos; mi español es muy pobre, sé lo que nnecesito escribir en mi propio idioma pero no puedo...