In Nouns^x, Learning English^x

HI Thomas, Thanks for sharig your thoughts. I don't think neither of us (Marvin and I) dispute the importance of garmmar, you made a generalization that seems to allude that we don't observe (or at least try to) the general rules of English grammar, and that therefore become the...

No, it isn't an idiom, it is usually a noun phrase, as in "He made me an offer of $50 for the car"; "I made an offer of help, but she refused". Please don't be offended, but if you are learning English, writing "wanna" as a colloquial shorthand for "want...

I understand that it could be faulty reasoning. I was just adding that as a suggestion because that is what the textbooks say to do. And most of the time, for me anyway, it works. Obviously, it won't work in all cases. However, if one were to review the pronoun rules, the answer would be...

(Yay, I got the quote thing down!) Thanks for your time Avangi, I truly appreciate it. But I must say I'm just about as depressed as can be :(, because now I'm think I, as someone learning English as a 2nd language, am.....(pardon my languaged here) screwed. I don't thik I...

Hi, I'm really enjoying this. You're making me think. I'm going to take your points out of sequence. I think I'm still replying to your post; if I misrepresent what you're saying, please correct me. First, the summary of what I'm going to say: A lot depends on theory,...

Hi everyone I 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...

Dear Marina, I am glad you care a lot for English plural forms of nouns. You are probably learning English as a Second Language. The noun police is followed by a plural verb because it is a very big group of people. For one Individual, we talk of a Policeman or a policewoman. For the word...

Hi Jackson, 1: We say, "I'm learning English; I'm studying the English language." You could say, "This is an English Language Dictionary," but you'd say, "This is a dictionary of the English language. Are you gonna make me tell you why? I hope not! And yes, your example is incorrect with no...

Grammar Geek wrote: Can't we just say that because English lacks a non-gender-specific singular third-person personal pronoun (that applies to people - we don't like being called "it"), and because attempts to invents such a word have been unsuccessful, we sometimes use the plural form to avoid...

These endings come very natural to me as a native English speaker, but they must be hell for those who are learning English. I spit out "...haven't they?", "...aren't we"?, "...doesn't he?" effortlessly. In the sentence you provide: "This is them, isn't it them? " I assume that "this" (the...