I don't like the use of it in your first sentence. I would say: I bet after a few visits you'll find those kind of places boring. Kind is an irregular plural in that expression according to many authoritative grammarians such as Otto

If you're going to use the plural verb, I'd repeat the article: "a book and a workbook." "Book and workbook" are often considered a unit, and (as they say) if you think of them in that way, you may use the singular verb.

Hi coloraday, The difference here is that your examples use either non-count nouns or plural nouns. You would not say "Cat is intelligent" or "Dog is faithful." You need the article. "The cat is an intelligent

Here is some food for thought. When each of the following example used singular verb, does it mean "one insect", or as I said, a collective species?: In all the examples you have quoted, each mention of "roaches"

Hi. What is written in Malachi 1:14 of the Bible, New International Version, is this. 14 "Cursed is the cheat who has an acceptable male in his flock and vows to give it, but then sacrifices a blemished animal to the Lord. For I am a

Hi. We would like you to try.. Grammar Geek said it as I meant it .. Fandorin. I still can't figure out why you said to me, 'We would like you to try'. I know this is where people ask and answer about English. I

But I think that only Fandorin knows the meaning of the sentence which Fandorin wrote to me, although others can interpret it.. Grammar Geek said it as I meant it. By the way, she gave you the perfect answer. But I can't understand a note of

CB, you always are very good at finding the proverbial "exception which proves the rule". Actually, the answer probably should have excluded "the indefinite article", because it is often used. The question, then, is when

The indefinnite article and numbers are not used with non-countable nouns, such as advice. So, he has a good knowledge of English is wrong? CB

The indefinnite article and numbers are not used with non-countable nouns, such as advice.