can u explain me what does it mean please Can you please explain what it means? What happened? Did you lose your dictionary? Main Entry: mock·ing·bird Function: noun a common grayish North American bird (Mimus polyglottos) related to the

According to Newbury House Dictionary of American English, "service" is an uncountable noun when it means the care of a machine to keep it in good working order: When our oven broke, we called a repairman for service . According to

This structure (the + singular countable noun) can be used to generalize but is mainly used with animals, plants, things and even certain groups of people. 1. The computer has changed the way we do business. 2. The mountain lion is a

Your examples are both adjectives (American 'overseas'), and they should be adjectives, not nouns: domestic branches and overseas branches .

Hi An Jiyoung I prefer "to draw demand for communication infrastructure". to analysis role and status of infrastructure Is it correct? The word "analysis" is a noun, not a verb. The verb is spelled analy ze (American

I just want to weigh in on this discussion and say that "Jew" is also a verb Hmm, it's not in Merriam Webster. But it's on thefreedictionary.com, which means it should be in The American Heritage Dictionary or something. So I

May I join the conversation? Perhaps it's just my imagination, but short words in English seem to have a negative sense. Thus, I feel very uncomfortable in using the noun instead of "Jewish person." By the way, Jewish people here in

Chief Joseph of the Nez perce was a wise leader whose Native American name means "Thunder Traveling over the Mountains."

I love old-fashioned diagramming (it is no longer taught in most American schools). But I don't have the computer skills (or software) to write the actual diagrams. Until a smarter person than I (am) answers you, may I try my best? (l) car -

I'm Australian, and it's always 'tanned' here. But I would contend that is what it's intended to be in American English, too. I always used to read/hear 'tanned' in American media and books, and it's only in recent