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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...

Spectacled-Girl wrote: Belly wrote: Oh, thanks. But how to correct my second sentence using "naturally"? I know the function of whose here, but wonder why he use is , not are , and when to use skin as an uncount or count noun ? naturally symbol? I don't know whether it indicates the...

Belly wrote: Oh, thanks. But how to correct my second sentence using "naturally"? I know the function of whose here, but wonder why he use is , not are , and when to use skin as an uncount or count noun ? naturally NOTE: It is ' countable' and 'uncountable' ; not 'uncount' or...

The only thing that can come after a preposition to form a prepositional phrase is a noun phrase, usually a noun accompanied by its preceding determiner and perhaps an adjective. A relative clause may be added. The noun itself may be a gerund. If the element after the candidate for a...

Hi, Consider this sentence. He has a very good knowledge. What is the function of the aritcle 'a' in the sentence? ( I know that the articles can function as adjectives but never as adverbs..Well, the case here is different, isn't it?..Can an indefinite article modify an uncountable noun? )...

Hi! Consider this sentence. He has a very good knowledge. What is the function of the aricle 'a' in the sentence? ( I know that the articles can function as adjectives but never as adverbs..Well, the case here is different, isn't it?..Can an indefinite article modify an uncountable noun? ) I am...

Hi, Please check if my reasoning is correct. a little and little are ususally used in front of uncountable nouns to signal the amount in possession and they respectively are coming from the positive polarity and negative polarity view points. I have a little or little money -- Here, it...

Siggy wrote: Believer wrote: In grammar, an adverb is a word such as 'slowly' or 'very' which adds information about time, place , or manner. My questions is why aren't there any articles for the words "place" and "manner"? I think the general answer is that in this sentence, the words...

Believer wrote: In grammar, an adverb is a word such as 'slowly' or 'very' which adds information about time, place , or manner. My questions is why aren't there any articles for the words "place" and "manner"? I think the general answer is that in this sentence, the words time , place ,...