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Orpheus wrote:Do you think that the complexity of grammar of a language reflects the elaborate thinking of its speakers?No, not in the least. If that were true, present-day Anglo-Saxons' thinking would be greatly inferior to that of their forebears 1200 years ago. While Old English wasn't...

Hi, Which is correct ? Do any of your students speak English? or Does any of your students speak English? What are the rules of verb-noun agreement, especially with none, any, etc.? In this context, 'any of' can be followed by either form of the verb. Singular is considered more formal than...

Dear Beverly, I am not an English expert, (far from it, I too suck at writing and am a terrible speller and it is my first and only language!) but if I were to judge you by your letter and the writing skills demonstrated there....Well I'm sorry to say but you are not writing at a level that...

There are several mistakes in your sentences which I will not examine, but a summary response to your question is: When used with countable nouns, each and every are singular, while all is plural. Each tends to reflect the speakers preoccupation with the individual cases making up the...

Hi, I'm a Chinese. In Chinese, a noun has not a singular or plural form of it. I often forget the plural form of a noun. In addition prepositions often puzzle me too. Although english grammar is not very difficult, I don't use it well enough yet. Maybe it is my misconception that native...

Of course I don't mind your asking I don't know what your first language is, but in my country, Spanish speakers find it difficult too to understand that the "s" is necessary to form the simple present of a verb for the 3rd. person singular. The reason is that we associate the addition of an "s"...

I agree with Mike. Your two suggestions works, for me at least. So Nawal should really give it a try. One day many years ago, I realized this from my observation: a Chinese friend of mine could speak so well because he had used English since his birth. He was exposed to only one language most...