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A Little Help with Capitals This handout lists some guidelines for capitalization. If you have a question about whether a specific word should be capitalized that doesn't fit under one of these rules, try checking a dictionary to see if the word is capitalized there. Use capital letters in...

Hi KVE,Welcome! <<<<Variations in noun number and determiners: . - If he is a pianist or a singer, yes, you can say. "he performed ". Note the brackets.. "Perform" is a verb with broad meaning. He performed poorly on the project= He didn't show his best ability...

<No, I got your joke. You missed mine.> I think you missed the thread question; Mr P. Can you reply to it? <<<Which nouns would you say collocate with "complicate" (the adjective)? >>>

.pejoration -- No. What happened to pluperfect?Is it ... an adjective? a noun? a verb? -- A nounWould you say it's related to ... grammar? vocabulary? pronunciation?-- Pronunciation.I'm not going to be very coy with this one, because I don't think it's in anyone's active...

Hi, A team of constestants has been assigned to guide a group of tourists around the city and entertain them on a bus. Steve is the leader and he is in charge of providing the tourists information as the bus passes various landmarks in the city. After a while, the team realize Steve is not doing...

Technically, at doesn't refer to anything. at is not a referring expression. Generally, only nouns and pronouns can refer.Nevertheless, I understand what you're saying. Here at means 'upon hearing' or 'when I heard' or 'as I heard' or 'in reaction to' or...

Hi there Hummingbird,very interesting! I like to play with words, how they are pronounced, etc. But there's a problem: Hummingbird wrote:you're nut about something, it means that you're extremely enthusiastic about it.I think it has to be nuts, plural... The adjective "nuts" means "crazy". But I...

Hi Grammar Geek, Thank you sou much for your comments, they are very helpful! Yes, they are indeed resume bullets (not sentences!) that are supposed to sum up the activities of the institute. Now, to answer your questions: 1. - test stands=a kind of tables endowed with various devices for...

An adjective?-- If User_ Gary uses it (and who's Gary?) -- This is an in-joke for Moderators. The answer is 'no'. A number? -- 137 (uh-oh, lemme think... pretty tough clue, can't I get a yes or a no?">) -- Oh-- I thought you were just asking for a number, so I gave you one. 'No'. Is it...

- Hey Tom!- Hey, what's up?- The robbers warned the victim not to report that to the police.- What?- Yes, the robbers warned the victim not to report that to the police.- What are you talking about? What robbers?- You know, they warned the victim not to report th...- Damn, cut it out! I don't...