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Using my favorite online reference, www.m-w.com: Main Entry: 2military Function: noun Inflected Form(s): plural military also mil·i·tar·ies Date: 1709 1: military persons; especially : army officers THIS IS THE RESTRICTED VERSION - ARMY ONLY 2: armed forces THIS IS THE GENERAL VERSION...

Hi, Dailymail wrote... "Kerry Katona stuffs her face with a burger and Coke"http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1023053/Kerry-Katona-stuffs-face-burger-Coke--resorts-sucking-belly.htmlThe Register wrote... "MetaRAM double stuffs servers with...

Hi, An enemy that is being detained does not (have/has) any rights. The writer of this sentence needs to have a look at the Geneva Conventions. Have = plural has = singular The inflection is in the auxiliary 'does'. Use 'have ' as the base verb.. Does the -have- refer to the...

I agree with your analysis regarding the character of the two dictionaries. If change equal degradation, English was ruined hundreds of years ago. There are countless examples of that: the use of the auxiliary do in questions and negations, the use of s as a nearly universal plural ending, the...

Solomon_13000 wrote:Are the sentences below correct in terms of the use of preposition and so on in italic? Preposition Neither Amy nor her sisters like to do ironing every week. He is like his mother He is always like that Besides working at the restaurant, he also works at the...

Anonymous wrote: Hi, I hope everyone is well this morning! I know that the following sentence is correct: 'There have been problems' However, I'm unsure of what to do when 'to be' is being used... 1) There has/have to be toys (plural) in the room 2) There has/have to be people in the...

Hi PuccaYou can say something such as "There were millions of dollars lost." But, if you want to say or write a specific number, then the words hundred, thousand, million, billion, etc. are not used as a plural noun:300 = three hundred4000 = four thousand50,000 = fifty thousand20,000,000 =...

Active: The officer has captured the subjects.The officer: subjecthas: auxiliary perfect tense verb in 3rd person singular since officer is a singular nouncaptured: past participle, needed for the perfect tensethe subjects: object of has capturedPassive: The subjects have been captured by the...

Hi, First of all, write a headline to your essay because the effect of gap between rich and poor is the subject of the argumentative esssay it is not a headline.In your first paragraph you don't tell us what you will talk about I mean, there is a gap between them but what kind of a gap is...

Question 1: B sounds correct, but what do the sentences mean? Question 2: The sentence is definitely wrong: 1st, the subject of "does" is "activities" - a plural, so you should change it to "do". 2nd, if you use "do" as an auxiliary, there must be a main verb, like "apply to". You can't...