By Plurals, Expressions

Re: Grammar doubts

Hi, (1) This seems to be a perennial problem, that we cannot live without bloodshed, without going after our enemies. Comma usage, please check. OK (2) But the basic drive is to get food and to get the mating available. And it is in this here that Jainas perceive what kinds of passions...

Re: grammar help needed

Hi, 1) Where I think we need to carve out some territory of definition in practice is to say that proselytism is relating to people different from oneself by using means and methods with ulterior motives in order to convert. But what's happening in secular literature is that it is moving...

grammar help needed

(1) Where I think we need to carve out some territory of definition in practice is to say that proselytism is relating to people different from oneself by using means and methods with ulterior motives in order to convert. But what's happening in secular literature is that it is moving even...

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: expressions about university courses

Don't say you "won" a grade. It sounds like there was a lottery. In your second course, should it be "Computers" in the plural?

Re: Plural or singular adjective?

In generating new compounds, use the singular for the adjectival noun."A Question Workshop"There are very few exceptions to this rule, and they are expressions that have already been established in the language by usage. CJ

Re: Plural or singular adjective?

Hey, my wife is from Anori! I'd say it depends on what you're planning to do in the workshop. Since I've never heard the expression, I can't say which is more common. If you mean the workshop is generated by questions - totally open to questions - I'd call it a...

Re: Many

Hi KooyeenI agree with the natives. This is a borderline case. Resources is a plural but it is the amount rather than number of these resources that comes to mind first. Therefore there are restrictions on expressions that are normally used with plural nouns. Some of them sound...

Re: singular or plural reference?

1. If you are all sitting down to eat the meal together, you are preparing "lunch." If you are preparing meals that will be taken to school in boxes or bags and eaten individually, you are making "lunches." 2. The expression is so fixed as "Don't judge a book by its...

Re: less/fewer than

Hi TanitHere is the usage note from the American Heritage Dictionary:The sort of usage highlighted above is widely accepted.I'd say fewer than would tend to be used in such instances if you want to stress or focus on the individual "pieces" that make up the measurement (for whatever...