Dear friend, for singular names ending in -s, the regular genitive is usual: Davis's , Charles's . Sometimes these nouns are treated as if they were plural: Davis' , Charles' - in this case the ending -s is still pronounced even

can someone please help me to correcting my work. i know there are many grammar mistakes please help me ,.i am posting my work here Lesson / Activity a) Objective To learn and enforce new basic words according to the level of the

) An adjective is a part of speech that modifies a noun or a pronoun. -- OK ) The exam was adjourned since the the professor was ill. ) The government has adjudged that the country's economy is experiencing hard times so the tax rates will be

what What does the word effect mean? From www.m-w.com ef·fect Function: noun 1 a: purport, intent b: basic meaning : essence 2: something that inevitably follows an antecedent (as a cause or agent) 3: an outward sign : appearance 4:

Here are some more and some explainations: Note that many form a pattern but the pattern may be broken as with goose/moose/papoose as mentioned above. Phalanx – Phalanges or phalanxes Platypus-platypi or platypuses

It is just convention. English spelling is not 100% consistent or regular. There have been many attempts at spelling reform, but none so far has gained any traction. There is no "academy" for English, as there can be for other languages.

Xuehua: Welcome to the forum! If you have Collins Dictionary, this will be explained in the first few pages. There should be a section titled "how to use the dictionary" or something like that. This section will describe all the

Pronunciation (note the spelling of the noun!! - but to pronounce) is not something you will find in a book but you need a native speaker to help you. I suggest you try to listen to English radio broadcasts (available on the internet) as you are

. pejoration -- No. What happened to pluperfect ? Is it ... an adjective? a noun? a verb? -- A noun Would you say it's related to ... grammar? vocabulary? pronunciation?-- Pronunciation. I'm not going to be very coy with this one, because

Hello, another English teacher here. I have been teaching English in China for about 2 and a half years now and also speak fluent French, decent Spanish and am learning Chinese (not as hard as you may think once you get the hang of those tones,