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In that case, the quote is probably: To quit in space is the same as to quit in the corridor.   As Clive points out, you need the as  in the sentence (always write the same as )  The infinitives can be used instead of the gerunds to give it more of a sense of 'if you do it', other than...

Yes, it's odd way not to use "a". Indeed, "any=some" implies itself plural noun to be used. So the difference in translation some of constructions in English seems to be slightly smoothed between two meanings you mentioned above. At least it's so in my language.

You can do that too, but it is not common, it's only used sometimes for emphasis. It's easy to build odd sentences that way, so I personally prefer to avoid using it that way, as a learner. When talking about one thing, using the article "a" (or "an") is the common...

Hi, Welcome to the Forum. Here are a couple more comments. He performed many charities. I think perhaps you mean He performed many charitable acts . She loves to pull your legs. The idiom is to pull someone's leg (singular, not plural.) As with many idioms, it sounds rather funny to...

Hi Tanit, prescriptivism is not for me, but I can be prescriptive on demand! Yes, in theory it should be fewer, but only if you really want to refer to "hectares", which is plural and countable. But as you know (hopefully you do know, lol), quantities followed by plural units of...

Hi, it's just an idiom used to say "that husband who is a fool". But I think there's something interesting about this idiom, which I am not sure about. 1) Additional particles go before the first noun: I saw your idiot of a sister. I saw that idiot of a sister of yours. NOT:...

Please refer to information obtained from URL>>> http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/follows Usage Note : As follows (not as follow ) is the established form of the idiom regardless of whether the noun that precedes it is singular or plural: The regulations are as follows.

Hoa Thai wrote: Hi all, After hours scanning through hundreds of hits on the Internet, I finally found an article at http://www.proofreadnow.com/grammarrules.html . Here is an extract: "More than one can only be plural in meaning but nevertheless often takes a singular verb, either modifying a...

Hi all, After hours scanning through hundreds of hits on the Internet, I finally found an article at http://www.proofreadnow.com/grammarrules.html . Here is an extract: "More than one can only be plural in meaning but nevertheless often takes a singular verb, either modifying a noun or standing...

1. There is a boy and a girl in the playground. 2. There is a boy, a girl and an old man in the playground. 3. There is a boy and two girls in the playground. 4. There are two girls and a boy in the playground. Some language experts now regard there is as a fixed, unvarying idiom...