Employment - we're making progress/progressing together I like "progressing." "We're making progress" evokes "we're not making progress." That is, "we're just barely making it," or

No. Each adjective takes its own (different) preposition. When you switch to the verbals, you have new problems. They don't work in parallel. You have respect for X. You can devote the next four hours to homework. You can devote yourself to

Hi, Having respect for and devotion to the natural world need not be limited to a special Thanksgiving holiday. It can fill our lives every day throughout the year. Is it right to interpret the bold in the above as "respecting and

Having respect for and devotion to the natural world need not be limited to a special Thanksgiving holiday. It can fill our lives every day throughout the year. Hi, Is it right to interpret the bold in the above as "respecting and

I have never seen 'police' used with a singular verb. I am a mud as far as English is concerned. My understanding is, " police" is one of those words considered correct in both plural or singula r, depending on the writer's

Thanks for your comments and reply to my queries. Your answers certainly erased some of my doubts toward the subject. What do you think of the following: 1) This is a list of medications which clinically show/ shows steady improvement on

Hi GG, I think the area of confusion, or "doubts" if you will, exists in situations where a "quantifier" is used in front of a plural noun. Correct me if I am wrong. Fifty percent - is a unit of something, and it's

dimsum, your examples don't apply. Fifty percent of something plural is still plural. One-third of something plural is still plural. I agree. There is a separate rule for percentages and fractions, but that rule doesn't apply in this

dimsum, your examples don't apply. Fifty percent of something plural is still plural. One-third of something plural is still plural. Anon, the subject of entire sentence is Google docs, but it's not the subject of the clause we are

The noun after "one of" is always plural. friend s in this case. I can't think of an exception. CJ