By Nouns, Inflections

I think you mean the sentence Never listen to fear, right? Listen is an imperative and no inflection is ever used in English imperatives. Imperatives like this look like infinitives, which should make it easy for you to learn English. Except for certain fixed phrases and idiomatic expressions,...

Hi everyoneI just wondered if anyone could help - I have to write a profile of a chinese learner of English (completely made up). In it I must put any difficulties that the learner has in learning English as an L2. I have got so far:Intonation transfer from L1 may cause them to be perceived as...

The list isn't meant to be exhaustive or carefully arranged. Any additions, corrections or further examples would be welcomed. 1 main verbs; lexical verbs (all verbs which are not auxiliaries or modals) 2 action verbs; event verbs; dynamic verbs (a verb which can be used in...

Anonymous wrote: What is different between "some" and "a few" when referring to countable nouns? Nothing. Both mean "a small number of", although only "few" = "small" by definition. (some can be used for both countable & uncountable - I guess you knew that!)e.g. I have stopped...

All the rules for adding S are the same for plurals as for third-person singular present tense verbs, including the words that end in y. That said, there are a few exceptions that you will encounter from time to time, for example, words that end in f or fe. There are so few that you can just...

Digger36 wrote:But what about the SPECIAL cases of the inflection on the 3-rd person singular; it seems less obvious, as in these cases .. he destroys / destroies sand dunes he trys / tries jumping high he carrys / carries the load he ...

See (for nouns) Special cases on this page at this grammar site: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/plurals.htm

Hello:The USUAL rule for forming plural nouns is to add an "S".There are reasonably well-established rules for forming plural nouns in special cases.The USUAL rule for 3-rd Pers Sing verbs is to add an "S".Q. What, if any, are the rules for forming 3-rd Pers Sinig verbs in special cases. Are...

Jackson6612 wrote: There are certain English words which have to be pronounced differently depending on their function. If ''use'' is used as a noun, then it will be pronounced as ''u-ce'' where ''-ce'' sounds as in juice. On the other hand if ''use'' is used as a verb, then it will be...

Hi LLR, it's sometimes seen as being rather low class and common in the UK. Interesting comment. When I lived in Britain, dropping 'g's was also characteristic of the upper classes (the huntin', shootin' and fishin' people). Either things have changed, or else you are not associating with the...