By Plurals, Clauses

Re: adjective phrases

Hello Anonymous,In your sentences there is no adjective phrases.A phrase is a name used in the english grammar to label a group of words which acts as a single unit in the syntax of a sentence,which means that you need at least two words to label some part of the sentence a phrase. Words,phrases...

Please Check

1. Do not place a phrase or clause:A. in a sentence. B. at the beginning of a sentence. C. at the end of a sentence. D. too far from the word it is meant to modify.Answer D. 2. In every sentence, the subject must agree with the:A. object of the preposition. B. verb. C. intervening expressions....

Re: as systems programmer

Hi, The individual we hire as systems programmer must have at least two years of on-the-job experience in writing programs. The reason that there's no article before systems programmer is the systems is plural, right? If it is system programmer then the clause would be as a system...

as systems programmer

The individual we hire as systems programmer must have at least two years of on-the-job experience in writing programs. The reason that there's no article before systems programmer is the systems is plural, right? If it is system programmer then the clause would be as a system programmer,...

Re: comma before 'when'? is it correct?

Futurehuman11 wrote:That fight comes in 10 days, when Lesnar takes on former UFC heavyweight champ Frank Mir in the co-main event of UFC 81. This is similar to the case of the second clause renaming the first. My teacher, Mrs. Smith, is the first English teacher I've had that didn't use 'is'...

Re: "percent of (the or without the) Nation people": a mystery in Google hi

Hi TeleostomiI suggest you forget all about Google. Since there are millions of German people, Australian people etc., you don't need the article when you refer to them all in a general sense:German people are said to be hard-working. (I would prefer: Germans are said...)If the reference is to a...

Re: A group of students - number confusion

CalifJim wrote:<<If there is a relative clause that moduifies the plural part of "A ", then the verb within the relative clause will be in the plural. and the main verb will be singular. Am I right?.As corrected for faulty terminology, yes, you are right -- in a general way. There are...

Re: A group of students - number confusion

<< If there is a conjunction relative clause that moduifies the plural part of "A ", then the conjunction verb within the relative clause will be in the plural. and the main verb will be singular. Am I right?. As corrected for faulty terminology, yes, you are right -- in a general way. ...

Re: I need your help,please.

1. "women" - use plural to match "the elderly" & "are more LIKELY" 2. The goals of our program ARE - use plural verb with plural subject 3. MANY benefits - "Much" is for stuff; "many" is for things you can count. 4. there IS a lot of space (missing verb in clause) ...

Re: which/that

Thanks Jim, I understand, even though it seems kind of complicated to me.Also because I noticed this strange thing: CalifJim wrote:The discussion above covers most of this. which is more often used than who in AmE, and what the team, audience, etc. is/are actually doing may influence the...