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I was just interested to know if it is possible to use common fixed expressions like by bus in a different way by saying something more like by local bus . But as I have understood it is not possible to break these fixed expressions and you can only say, for example, by bus , but not by local...

That is interesting indeed and I agree with you Old Man Gordon. I am from Finland and according to my Finnish-English dictionary I should say "Finland is leading 2-0" without using the plural verb and "The Finns are leading 2-0" when using a plural expression. But I guess...

Hello Anon I'm a mere English learner from Japan and my role here is rather an asker than an answerer. But if you don't mind, I'd like you to read my ideas about your question. I take "school" in "go to school" or "church" in "go to church" as an uncountable noun. As you suggested, "school"...

The talks on the Linguists Forum are preserved in a Japanese site. Q) Hello, I'm a graduate student at a university in Japan. In English class at Japanese high schools, students were told to put "the" before the name of musical instrument. But I often come across musical instruments without...

1. Use of present perfect tense and simple past tense Speakers of American English generally use the present perfect tense (have/has + past participle) far less than speakers of British English. In spoken American English it is very common to use the simple past tense as an alternative in...