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a) the Americans in that sentence can be used to mean a specific group of Americans or to refer generically to Americans. Without the , only the generic meaning is possible. b) There is no real difference in the examples you cite. American alone will be taken as an adjective; with an , the...

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...

. CJ

"The Change of the Characteristics in the passage from The Hours " The passage from the novel The Hours by Michael Cunningham is intriguing. The passage illustrates the difference between the character's characteristics in different time settings: past and present. This difference is...

Hi, please check these sentences. 1. Among the rooms available for rent is a single large room that will hold 200 people. -- Does the phrase "among the rooms available for rent" qualifies as a subject that needs to be followed with 'is'? 2. Check out prior week's articles. -- I think we...

Hi, What does "socially awkward" mean? Is it "shy" or something? It refers to someone who lacks social skills, although they may possibly be able to learn them. Such a person may be shy, but not necessarily. Is there any difference between "socially awkward"and " socially misfit"? The...

hi, anon "importance" is an uncountable noun, so you can't use it with "an" . The expression is 'the importance of something' . Don't use "importance" without "the" except for fixed expressions such as "be of vital/paramount importance, attach importance to, of primary importance,...

Hi Barb A further problem is that the negative and interrogative forms of 'used to do' are not used anywhere near as often as the affirmative form. So we aren't used to seeing them in print either. .. Hi Jackson As regards using the -ing form of a verb after the word...

Yankee wrote: Jackson6612 wrote: Question 2: Both Philip and Yankee said: I am used to play ing cricket in my spare time. I was told that after to simple Present Tense form is used but playing is not simple Present Tense form of play . What would you say on this? Most of the...

There's some differentiation between the two here, they seem to be considered synonyms only for the meaning 2: --------- till Function: preposition 1 chiefly Scotland a : to a place of arrival : through to : as far as < till an end> b : to or toward a limit or...