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First, let me call your attention to CB's correction. "Very" is an adverb, not an adjective, and it probably always was. "Most" is an adjective when it modifies a noun ( Most people can swim .), but in the two quite different usages we've been talking about here,...

Neither is correct. People is plural, so: fewer people go online. You can have an adjective after less: It was less interesting than I thought. A noun in the singular is also possible: I have less money than you. So is an adverb : He played less carefully than expected. Only a noun is...

Hi Mad, With this scant context, it could be taken either way. It's pretty confusing. "Friends" is plural. Was she paired with one particular guy? Whom is she talking to? Her date?? "Felt" is past tense, but "is" is present tense. Is she still on the...

According to Merriam-Webster Unabridged, possible can be a noun, adjective and adverb: -- possible Function: noun 1 a : POSSIBILITY , POTENTIALITY -- usually used in plural <all the infinite number of possible s -- Jonathan Edwards> b : all that can be done : BEST <had...

Hello Anonymous, In your sentences there is no adjective phrases.A phrase is a name used in the english grammar to label a group of words which acts as a single unit in the syntax of a sentence,which means that you need at least two words to label some part of the sentence a phrase. Words,phrases...

Hi everyone I just wondered if anyone could help - I have to write a profile of a chinese learner of English (completely made up). In it I must put any difficulties that the learner has in learning English as an L2. I have got so far: Intonation transfer from L1 may cause them to be perceived...

May I use the 'ING' form with any verb to create adjectives or nouns? No. The adjective 'Telephonic' has it an adverb to be 'Telephonically'? Yes. When I can use 'The', 'a', 'an' before nouns? An extremely broad question. A and an are...

1. The possessive of a plural noun ending in s is formed by adding: A. another s and an apostrophe. B. another s only. C. an apostrophe only. D. none of the above I think the answer is C. 2. Which of the following shows the correct possessive form of a plural noun? A. three dogs...

Hi Hoa Thai There were a number of details that I considered in my last post. These included the following: - Sold out used strictly as a verb vs sold out used like an adjective - Verb tense - Using sold vs sold out (particularly in combination with the word 'all') - Word order (i.e. Does...

Hello, first time user here hoping his question is relevant! I have been offered a job recently involving the use of clear/accurate english, hard copy, easily constructed sentences etc and even though my grasp of the english language is basically sound and i can string a coherent sentence...