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Congratulations on your hard work. - A. Edit. "Why is the article "the" essential here?"

Hi Avangi, It is a proper word according to the Merriam-Webster's dictionary.

In your sentence, I would use "is". The usage note below is from the American Heritage dictionary: British English does vary from American English on the use of plurals with nouns representing groups of individuals. Percent can take a singular or plural verb, depending on how the...

Semantically it seems to mean the same. But grammatically, the sentence has changed. Blanket was a noun in the first, and now it is a verb. This seems to be an equivalent phrasing, (with American English verb/subject agreement): Holding outgoing radiation for a while and warming the surface, a n...

Actually, infinitives are used in AmE as subjects. The location geographically or historically has nothing to do with it. But infinitives (and their complement(s), if any), taken together, can make noun phrases. To be absolutely precise, it is a noun phrase (NP) that must be the subject of a...

I am walking . Walking is an adjective? To hear him sing is an unforgettable experience. To hear is an infinitive, in other words, a verb, not a noun or a pronoun. Using an infinitive as a subject may not be common in American English but it has been used that way for centuries - and is used as...

You could say "California is the most heavily populated with illegal immigrants state in the US," maybe, but it's very awkward. I would say, "California has the largest population of illegal immigrants in the US." Even in American English, with its many nouns used as...

Don't depend on Microsoft spellcheck all the time. Refer to your dictionary when in doubt. Take care to spell these two words correctly. In both British and American English, the noun is advice and the verb is to advise. (The Right Word at the Right Time) You're right. It should...

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...

North American English is very strict on this. If the subject is singular (as is list), then the verb must be singular. An American therefore must say England IS winning and the crew (or team) IS on board. mr steve