In Simple past^x, Plurals^x

Hey, I once asked the same question here! LOLThe truth is "any" and "some" are difficult to understand, there are a lot of exceptions. I was told that in cases like those it's best to use the singular "in any dictionary". But I actually think that the plural is...

(1) (Use simple present, "don't.") The album is eternal, so to speak, and critics may continue to make comments in the present, eg., the album does have enjoyable moments. (2) Use "joined." All the other comments here are in simple past. "Go" doesn't really...

Homo sapiens sapiens and Homo sapiens idaltu = they.Simple past tense third person plural of the verb "to be" is "were".

Hi Goodman, Well, I understood that in fact there isn't an exact grammatic explanation why we use "It's" with plural nouns, isn't it? Is it the same as to ask for example, why the simple past and past perfect of the verb to cut is : cut - cut. Am I wrong? So, when...

Simple past is talked - I talked, you talked, we talked, etc. However since you are using the helping verb "did", you use I did talk you did talk he does talk we did talk you (plural) did talk we did talk I did not talk to Simon on Sunday.

Hoa Thai wrote:Hi,Below are phrases that use 'In'. To me, the first one is correct. For the rest, I think using 'In' with plural 'days' is okay, except the last one, which looks and sounds odd. Hi Hoa ThaiThe original question was not simply one of using 'in' with 'days'. There are plenty of...

Hi Anon, A few problems here. By giving a precise time ("last night") you need to use simple past, regardless of which verb you choose. If there was ONE piece of glass, it probably did not go into both eyes, but eyes is in the plural. Finally, it's not natural to describe the glass as...

Hi Jim"The milkman have ... " Please note that 'have' is a plural verb. So, it should be "The milkman has ... " and "The milkmen have ... "

<...Why are we inventing a grammmatical category where none exists? Why not just say that the form in 2 is the simple past?...> Many "grammatical categories" in English depend on function, rather than form. In teaching English, for instance, it makes sense to talk of "you" as both the...

Hi Rotter, Keep breakfast in the singular. "I'm sorry Jim is leaving the department. We really got along well. We had breakfast together before work maybe three or four times. He's a nice guy." Simple past is fine. You don't need to show it's relationship in time to anything in...