By Singular nouns, Grammar

According to the Gregg Reference Manual: "To form the possessive of a singular noun that ends in an s sound, be guided by the way you pronounce the word. If a new syllable is formed in the pronunciation of the possessive, add an apostrophe plus s." Ex: your boss's approval (you...

Something to chew on:THE NOTION OF STANDARD SPOKEN GRAMMAR The term ‘standard grammar’ is most typically associated with written language,and is usually considered to be characteristic of the recurrent usage of adult,educated native speakers of a language. Standard grammar ideally reveals...

Thank you, Barbara and Khoff. May I ask more about this structure? I was thinking that we should use "such a ..." after subjcets and verbs. But after I saw Khoff's reply I know I was wrong. Like the following examples: It is such a hard exam! Such a hard exam (it is)! ...

Hi, Whenever I see those product or service advertisements, I think I see wordings like these. Would you say that the need to follow grammartical rules isn't there for the cases like these? Signs are signs, not sentences. They often rely on brevity to flash an idea quickly into our brains....

Hi, I would word things the same as your grammar book does. It might be easier to generally think of using "a" with a singular noun (doctor, job) and "any" with a plural noun (doctors, jobs).

Yankee wrote:Right. Generally speaking, only singular nouns are used as adjectives to modify another noun. As with most "rules", however, there are some exceptions, but unfortunately I can't think of any at the moment. Hi, I often have trouble with that. I think it's only true for nouns that...

Hi Fien,welcome to the forum.Maybe you don't know yet, but there's a search function on this website (top right corner, under the chat box). You can use that to search for "neither nor", there are a lot of threads on this topic (which is not a simple topic, by the way).Not everybody agrees on...

Hi Osee,Perhaps, I added more confussion than I wanted to when I commented about 'Student Math-Club'.It is not the mode (singular vs. plural) that carries the meaning of belonging vs. that of responsibility. For example, a product manager (singular noun acting as an adjective) is responsible for...

Dear,I am going to take GMAT exam. When I was practising, I met some grammar problems. Please help me to understand correctly about them.- About "...so...as..." 1. The Emperor Augustus, it appears, commissioned an idealized sculptured portrait, the features of which are so unrealistic as to...

Mister Micawber wrote:Here where I live, we deal with those kinds of incidents almost EVERY DAY. Kind has two plurals, the old unchanged kind and the newer kinds. The original plural can still be used in the expressions these/those kind of:" —Usage. The phrase THESE (or THOSE) KIND OF, followed...