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Interesting question. I DON'T HAVE ANY absolute answers, but I HAVE SOME comments. I also HAVE NO absolute answer. First, we can say "There isn't any/a", but we cannot say "There is no any/a". "Any/a" can be used with countable nouns, but we can't with...

Hi T You may hear expressions like a little alterations in informal conversation but in correct English your sentence should be: It didn't fit me at first, so I had a few alteration s made. If the alterations were so insignificant as to hardly deserve a mention, you could say: I had some small...

New2grammar wrote: I check my email every few hours. => The reason for the singular 'email' is because it is refering to email system instead of each individual email, isn't it? Would you say "He smsed me yesterday" or simply "He sms me yesterday"? This might be correct in...

Paco's got it. "Did you like the dinner last night?" implies that a special occasion had occurred. Perhaps the dinner was an occasion to celebrate something. One almost wants to add more to the sentence. "Did you like the dinner given to the employees to celebrate our record profits this...