Hi, quoted from Merriam-Webster's Learner's Dictionary (http://www.learnersdictionary.com): a couple informal 1 : two or a few of something Note: In informal U.S. English, a couple can be used like a couple of before a plural noun. Ex: I

Dear friend, both a correct, but the first option is generally more common among British English speakers. The choice of the pronoun largely depends on your intention: if you wish to speak of a class as a number of individuals, you should resort

"What I believe I can devote myself to to leave an ever memorable trace in the history is through becoming an automobile designer, the only dream of mine. " Wrong. Plain wrong. The sentence was probably written by someone whose native

The double-s is ubiquitous. Most adjectives can be turned into nouns by adding "-ness." bashfulness, consciousness, liveliness, etc. also, authoress, agribusiness, (just for fun) Edit. Hmm, looks like I need to visit the optometrist

Hello. I happened to fine this website when I searched for information about English grammar. A few minutes ago, I read a sentence, "There's something the matter with this pen." I can't understand how

You know, there is a certain entertainment value in reading the word choices of non English speakers, because even if the meaning is clear, sometimes the world choices are something that no native speaker would use. Conclusive is an adjective (I

Only sick can be used attributively, in other words, before a noun: a sick person. In British English, sick is often used to refer to nausea or other rather mild problems with one's health while ill denotes something serious which may require

The verb "invite" in place of the noun "invitation" is never correct: (I INVITE you to a party. You receive my INVITATION.) This misuse of "invite" in place of the correct "invitation" probably began by

People in 'prescriptive' houses shouldn't throw 'prescriptive' stones, Mr Micawber. For some unknown reason, you fancy yourself a greater authority on English than Randolph Quirk, Sidney Greenbaum and other prominent scholars,

In many languages which have a corresponding word for of , this word is used with superlatives like best . Not so for English, which uses in before the noun phrase that tells the pool from which the example was drawn. the best player in the group