By Plurals, Universities

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: one or two was

Avangi wrote:Hi, Perhaps not all journalists are perfect. "Hanged over to San Quentin" ain't too good neither. (hanged at San Quentin - taken to San Quentin) I saw a dictionary reference someone posted in another thread, and I think it applies: "When there is a mixture of singular and...

Re: Play Judo

Hi, Thanks to those programs, my English is getting better. The narrators speak slowly, clearly, and precisely. My vocabulary chest is filling up gradually. However, I wish I could watch series about relationship and interaction between family members or people in regular daily life....

Re: About the word 'music'

"I love to listen to music" "I love to listen to songs" And by the way there isn't plural form for the word 'music', isn't it?; Uncountable nouns can't be used in situations where a plural would be used. Some English words are the same for both singular and plural e.g. deer 4: "They study hard...

Re: About the word 'music'

Hi, 1) In the sentence: " I love listen to musics", I suppose it's wrong to say this, isn't it? Yes, it's wrong. The correct should be: "I love listen to music" Yes or "I love listen to songs", no? 'Music' does not necessarily involve a song. And by the way there isn't plural form for the...

About the word 'music'

Hi, there! Please, which is the correct one? 1) In the sentence: " I love listen to musics", I suppose it's wrong to say this, isn't it? The correct should be: "I love listen to music" or "I love listen to songs", no? And by the way there isn't plural form for the word 'music', isn't it?; 2)...

Re: Singular or plural?

Belly wrote:But are "as well as" and "and" equivalent?Dear Belly,This is my limited knowledge:as well as means in addition to. Benno C. Schmidt, Jr., a former president of Yale University said, "“The rhetoric , as well as the reasoning, is appreciated.” So, I would assume is acceptable."Are 'as...

Re: a question of "Simple Present Tense"

Anonymous wrote:Hi everybody,I have a question about the Negative Form of "Simple Present Tense", please help me.Can I use "I don't read the book right now" to express the meaning of "I'm not reading the book right now"?Thanks a lot in advance. *********** Hi Here is a summary about the...

Re: Which one is correct? (conditional clause)

Yoong Liat wrote:Hi Goodman I searched for 'run into troubles' but found 'run into trouble' instead. The following is just one of the extracts. Oxford University Google Search Oxford University > Search Oxford University > Search Results ...

Re: Articles (a, an)

Yoong Liat wrote:Hi Hoa ThaiFrom a webpage of Cambridge University International Education and Training Society, http://www.societies.cam.ac.uk/iets/ " ... Summarise general situations and common difficulties for students in graduate, undergraduate, A-Levels and GCSE courses, and provide...