This is my take: "A couple" can mean: Two persons considered as joined together, as a married or engaged pair, lovers, or dance partners: They make a handsome couple. Any two persons considered together. "A

Coyotes are more than clever. They are also very adaptable. Unlike other animals whose numbers are declining because their (1)__C__ habitats are shrinking, coyotes are actually increasing in number. One reason they are thriving while other animals

1 Pushing your dentist appointment back a month will not only affect the alignment of your teeth but you'll be pushing the end day of treatment back a month. The less you tighten the braces the less staight your teeth become in a shorter

In American English, both are considered correct. In fact, "beat" seems to be more popular than "beaten" in common conversational English. , ,'res','1','','0CAcQFjAA')"

Finland used to be the No. 1 country on the Reporters Without Borders press freedom list. We are now at No. 5 and I don't remember the reason why we lost first place. It was something very insignificant and temporary, though. Hopefully

I think you may be asking for explicit, black and white answers, to questions which don't lend themselves to such answers. There seem to be two problems in that there are: *Differences between British and American usages. *Differences in

In British English one would say all the "ands" which you have asked about. Thus: two thousand six hundred and eighty four. I believe that American (and it seems Canadian) English is different. Americans may well make an exception for

Hi, To the last poster, all I can say is that I'm a Canadian too, and there are so many statements I disagree with in your post that I don't even know where to start commenting. So, I won't. Instead, I'll focus on the

Hi, let me help you, I am Canadian. First of all, there is the correct way to say numbers, and the everyday/slang way. The proper way is " and" means a decimal. You NEVER use "and" unless denoting a decimal. How about

How would you read out the following numbers? 2,684 ft? Would you say 26 hundred and 84 or two thousand six hundred and eighty four feet? How about any other four digit number? I believe the four digit numbers with only the two first digits