By Plurals, Grammar

Re: grammar help!

Hi, (1) Next I want to mention something perhaps provocative, the idea that everything always has to with oil in the Middle East. has to with oil or has to do with oil? Please clarify. 'has to do with oil' is required. (2) There was little sympathy for Zionism. This can be...

grammar help!

(1) Next I want to mention something perhaps provocative, the idea that everything always has to with oil in the Middle East. has to with oil or has to do with oil? Please clarify. (2) There was little sympathy for Zionism. This can be documented. It was only after the Holocaust that the...

Re: Is the sentence structure right?

Hi Goodman If you had followed the thread closely, you would have noticed the following. In other words a guru has replied to the question. I agree with Barbara because she has a good command of English, and I've read about this usage before. Creativeguru asked:Only 5% of our students are...

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: help with grammar doubts

Hi, (1) This might seem a strange title, but I want to begin---since I was asked to speak about disagreements of religion after September 11th---begin with a truth that anxiety itself is not against religious attachment. Please check usage of two "begins" one before emdash and one...

Gerund/-ing

Hello Grammar Teacher/Teachers, 1. Can we form a noun from a verb by adding a suffix ' ing ' and then by adding a suffix ' s ' to make it a plural noun ? 2. Where can I read up on this subject ? 3. In Cambridge Dictionaries Online, a gerund is a word that ends in ' -ing...

Re: Two years is a long time

Pter, We were taught early on in basic grammar that “many” suggest more than 1 and therefore plural verb should be used. Yes, it’s true, but not always. Sometimes the rules seem to be illusively bent, depending on the context. 5 miles one way is too far to walk to school. – singular verb is...

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...

conversation: mistakes

Dear teachers, Would you please help me correct this sentence? He has an appropriate knowledge and way of thinking that helps him have a sensible conversation. These are my views: vocabulary: a) is "appropriate" wrong here and should be replaced by "sufficiant" ? b) is...