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Recall that means ungrammatical __ one is always countable coarse sand and fine one white sugar and brown one fresh milk and spoiled one British English and American one good knowledge and bad one But countable a happy child and a sad one happy children and sad ones the happy child and the sad...

Something to chew on THE NOTION OF STANDARD SPOKEN GRAMMAR The term standard grammar is most typically associated with written language and is usually considered to be characteristic of the recurrent usage of adult educated native speakers of a language Standard grammar ideally reveals...

Can you unpack a bit more the nuance of the colloquial Danish expression Phrases that spring to mind in English are things like arranged marriage which isn t quite right or bartered with other plantation owners which doesn t quite bring across the dehumanising element of treating enslaved men...

Hello AnonI 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 or church in such...

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 situations...

nq 1 Hello Why does one say the book of Job and not the book of Job s What about a reader of of Mussolini s These possessive nouns in conjunction with of are are quite confusing Therefore your clarifications would be much appreciated nq Of has more than one meaning The book of Job is not...