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Hi,I'm really enjoying this. You're making me think. I'm going to take your points out of sequence. I think I'm still replying to your post; if I misrepresent what you're saying, please correct me. First, the summary of what I'm going to say: A lot depends on theory, and...

Hi everyoneI just wondered if anyone could help - I have to write a profile of a chinese learner of English (completely made up). In it I must put any difficulties that the learner has in learning English as an L2. I have got so far:Intonation transfer from L1 may cause them to be perceived as...

Hi Yoong Liat, How are you ? Ok ...Although it is correct that the word small should not be used with the word mistake...It is generally accepted in English...the majority of people learning English do not actually know this rule. But if you want to use it ..use it, because millions of...

Dear Marina, I am glad you care a lot for English plural forms of nouns. You are probably learning English as a Second Language.The noun police is followed by a plural verb because it is a very big group of people. For one Individual, we talk of a Policeman or a policewoman. For the word Family,...

Grammar Geek wrote:Can't we just say that because English lacks a non-gender-specific singular third-person personal pronoun (that applies to people - we don't like being called "it"), and because attempts to invents such a word have been unsuccessful, we sometimes use the plural form to avoid...

Hi,if you want a prescriptive answer because you are going to take a test, then the answer is "avoid using there's". If you are just learning English the way it should be learned, let's say "there's" is commonly used that way in speech. Actually... Well, I don't now much about English yet, but...

User_gary wrote: We have established some principles to follow while learning English. I hope soon it will be followed worldwide. Please correct my sentences. 'Principles' is a plural word >>> 'they' instead of 'it'. You could also replace 'it' with "I hope the format will soon be...

Hi, this is another common problem, it's difficult to choose between singular and plural sometimes. Anyway, I learned that in cases like the ones you asked about, plural nouns are much more common. Example: Elephants have a trunk... 27 results, on Google (real number of results) Elephants...

Hi Magic, “Holidays” is the British equivalent of “vacation” for the Americans. Either way, and will not accept any appointment. 4- We wish you a happy holiday season. (no’s’)