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I'm trying to remember how I went astray here. I'll just blame it on the Oops, which was going through a period of hyperactivity about then. The sound of "import food(s)" bothered me from the beginning, but I knew I'd heard it a lot, and it seems like a good candidate for a...

2. I'd say "first light" is definitely not countable. That is, we don't have a "second light." I take "first light" as a fixed expression, or compound noun, or something like that. I don't think "first" is used as a number here, but as a synonym...

I think the difference in meaning that they're highlighting relates to the words "immediately following", which means "immediately following in time, starting now". Here are a few points relating to this usage that immediately come to mind. I don't claim that this...

Hi, . . . friends, I feel there is more to the explanation of it. What are noun numbers t I'm no familiar with this expression. To me, it sounds like a way of talking about singular/plural. and determiners? Have a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Determiner_(class ) Let me assure you...

Yes, sorry, when I said you would normally use "the", I was just talking about expressions similar to the one in your question ("I chose the first answer", "He was the second man to walk on the Moon", "Take the third road on the left" etc.) "He...

Hey, my wife is from Anori! I'd say it depends on what you're planning to do in the workshop. Since I've never heard the expression, I can't say which is more common. If you mean the workshop is generated by questions - totally open to questions - I'd call it a...

Hi Kooyeen I agree with the natives. This is a borderline case. Resources is a plural but it is the amount rather than number of these resources that comes to mind first. Therefore there are restrictions on expressions that are normally used with plural nouns. Some of them sound unidiomatic....

1. In a bottle of wine , bottle is the 'head', and wine is the 'complement'. Likewise, in a herd of cows , herd is the 'head', and cows is the 'complement'. And so on, for expressions consisting of nouns connected by of . So in a lot of talented players , you can...

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Liveinjapan wrote: large amounts big amounts many amounts much amounts a little amounts a few amounts Thanks LiJ Large amounts is fine; big amounts is grammatical but I don't think natives use it very much; many amounts is grammatical but unidiomatic - to be avoided; much amounts and a...