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Hi, Anon, I think I see what you mean. In your first case example, to simply say that something "is" doesn't give very much information, unless you're a philosopher, like Descartes, "I think, therefore I am." Your first case example works best when answering questions. "What is it?" "It's an...

Hi LiJ, I was Anon, Hoa Thai's reply pretty well sums it up. The operative expression is, "informally, however," which makes a mess of your concers about second and third person. Formally, "either" is singular and the number of the modifiers doesn't change that. ("Number" is singular too!) So...

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Hi Camilus, You've given me a lot of homework. it weighs on my back, but it never is the last straw. Fortunately, my back is strong enough. I Appositives vs. Parenthetical Element a) Neil Armstrong, the first man who walked on the moon, is a native of Ohio. Here, “the first man who...