By Nouns

Re: Ending a grammar argument

Hello Branwen319, welcome to English Forums! (Are there really 318 other Branwens here?)No comma is needed; "your" is a possessive pronoun, and "no" is an indefinite determiner (i.e. they're not adjectives). Two or more qualitative adjectives may be separated by a comma,...

Re: Maybe or may not be

I thank everybody for the excellent comments.Cool BreezeYes, generally speaking the names of the operating systems are proper nouns.All my computers (including the one I am writing) are UNIX based. I like open source very much and I have been working with them for more than 10 years. Money is...

Re: Maybe or may not be

Don't put an adverb between a verb and its object, or it'll sound odd. I don't see infinitives as objects in this case, so it's ok to put something else between the infinitive and the main verb in sentences like "I tried (...) to install blah blah".I think objects are...

Re: repetition of subject pronoun

Hello everyone! I have been looking for a similar answer and I am delighted to find this forum. May I ask something regarding the following quote? "E.g. Microsoft is the biggest PC software company in the world and it dominates over 90% of the PC operating software market." My...

Re: MM's 10-letter word

OK, then does it come in crates, tubes, bottles, ... or another kind of vessel? (I mean the second noun). Is it some kind (part) of dress?

Re: harvesting

It's all good except for "a long of the pole." "Of the pole" would refer to a property of the pole. Note that the properties listed below are all nouns (length, strength) rather than adjectives (long, strong). the pole's strength the strength of the pole the...

Re: the action of obligating oneself to a course of action

Okay, I get it now. Avangi, May I ask you another question? Why is it an uncountable noun?What does a bond world be a security mean?

Re: MM's 10-letter word

. Very low level: Water (molecules) Higher level: Sand (grains, much larger than molecules...) My noun does not seem to fit into this scheme (not that I understand it). Man-made.-- Yes, indeed.

Re: Maybe or may not be

Hi RotterI don't care too much whether an article is used or not. Clearly, though, Huevos is a layman as far as grammar is concerned. Microsoft Windows 2008 Server would indeed be a proper noun if server were capitalized. In the original sentence lower case is used. Names and proper nouns...

Re: MM's 10-letter word

.I see sand and water as uncountable and fish as countable. Please advise me of the levels of countability. In what sense artificial? The base noun exists alone.(Thanks for the m-dash. I'll try it, but it sounds much too slow for me: — . Nice, but two hyphens work quicker.)