By Singular nouns, Noun phrases

Hi LiJ,Perhaps you caught that error in my recent post. It was illogical for me to write "more than (one options)."Since I made that error, it is better for me to borrow this text from The American Heritage Book of English Usage to share with you: "Here’s a riddle: How can you have...

Thanks everyone. Now I understand that in the "There be" construction, the BE and other verbs that take the place of BE are the main verbs, and the nouns following them agree with them. Originally I thought "going to do" can be followed by either plural nouns or singular nouns because "do"...

Question 1Although the question has already been answered, I should like to comment on why arise is the correct choice. The subject of the clause should any difference arise is difference, which is singular and third person. One of the fundamental principles of English grammar is that the subject...

MrPedantic wrote: Hello Hungry, sorry for the delay: Hungry wrote: Thank a million once again, Mr. Pedantic. It's so kind of you to do all this for me. I am very very thankful to you. I don't want to gush or anything, -- but well, you are great. 11a.Thank you. I have googled on the phrase...

Hello Hungry, sorry for the delay: Hungry wrote: Thank a million once again, Mr. Pedantic. It's so kind of you to do all this for me. I am very very thankful to you. I don't want to gush or anything, -- but well, you are great. 11a.Thank you. I have googled on the phrase you gave me and found...

Thank a million once again, Mr. Pedantic. It's so kind of you to do all this for me. I am very very thankful to you. I don't want to gush or anything, -- but well, you are great. 11a.Thank you. I have googled on the phrase you gave me and found the following collocations differs from * in...

I think the grammatical term could be generic noun phrases. When a noun is mentioned as a symbol, example, or representative of all members of a group (almost the same as all + plural or noncount nouns or any + a singular noun) we refer to it as having "generic" reference. A few generic...

Hello Tig, welcome to English Forums! "Howard Gardner...has questioned the view that requiring young children to copy models prevents them from becoming a creative artist later in life." The subject of "prevents" is the noun phrase "requiring young people to copy models". The verb is in the...

Hi, it's me, Ralf, the starter of this thread. Thanks for your answers so far. A post in another thread pointed me to the "American Heritage - Book of English Usage", where I found this section: According to the standard rule, when the pronoun there precedes a verb such as be, seem, or appear,...

No, it can't be. 'This' is a demonstrative pronoun referring to the thesis in the main clause, while 'it' serves to refer to the whole singular noun phrase 'reading fairy stories an experience in moral education'... I think. I know. But that analysis comes from your understanding that "this"...