By Negatives, Plurals

Re: Problem with There's, there aren't + some/any

I come across this problem too while teaching that structure in the classroom for biginners. But at the end I think that the rule is as follows: any is used for negative plural , and plural interrogative while some is used for plural affirmative form and it is used in case of uncountables.ok...

Re: grammar questions

1) Are my sentences correct but with a different meaning? I didn't quite get the nuance between the 2 prepositions. Would you please explain the difference again? a) "The plays had been / were performed THROUGHOUT the next ten years"-- many times /every year in that periodb) "He had acted /...

grammar questions

Dear teachers, Would you please help me with the following difficuties? 1) Are my sentences correct but with a different meaning? I didn't quite get the nuance between the 2 prepositions. Would you please explain the difference again? a) "The plays had been / were (?) performed THROUGOUT /...

Re: I need your help,please.

1. "women" - use plural to match "the elderly" & "are more LIKELY" 2. The goals of our program ARE - use plural verb with plural subject 3. MANY benefits - "Much" is for stuff; "many" is for things you can count. 4. there IS a lot of space (missing verb in clause) ...

I Have some doubts, help me please

I don´t understand the use and the meaning of these casses, i´ll put the explanation of my english bookThe use of Some/Any (Yes, very difficult)Some is used in positive sentences with plurals and uncountable nouns Examples: I have some friends Do you want some food? Any is used in negative...

Re: Can you help me check the grammar for this paragraph? thank you so much .

Hi Nghiatran and welcome to the forums. You seem to have some problems with plurals and articles. You need to be careful about saying something WILL happen, instead of CAN happen. There are some negative effects in using computer in our life. First of all, using computer in all of important...

Re: Any white people I've met

Thanks, I see.yes, the plural is usually used, but in negative sentences and in questions. And.. that's a positive sentence. My feeling is that using the singular makes the sentence more emphatic, but both are equally idiomatic. What do you think? Do you think one is more idiomatic than the...

Re: a question of "Simple Present Tense"

Anonymous wrote:Hi everybody,I have a question about the Negative Form of "Simple Present Tense", please help me.Can I use "I don't read the book right now" to express the meaning of "I'm not reading the book right now"?Thanks a lot in advance. *********** Hi Here is a summary about the...

Re: either, have

Anonymous wrote:Interesting...When used as a pronoun, either is normally singular and takes a singular verb: The two surgeons disagree with each other more than either does (not do) with the pathologist. But when either is followed by of and a plural noun, it is often used with a plural verb:...

Re: genitive as a noun

The phrase is incorrect. It should be either: "A barking dog need not be heeded" or "The barking of a dog need not be heeded". Barking can not be made plural. "Barkings" is not an English word. (Like "informations" is also not English). Your alternative phrases are perfectly acceptable. In...