By Synonyms, Plurals

Anonymous, I believe you are the one whose opinion is wrong. Of course "ones" can be used as a plural. How else would you say, "which ones do you want?" My dictionary gives "unit" as a synonym of "one" -- would you also say that "unit" cannot...

Hi Angliholic, I'm a bit undecided whether or not "bribery" is acceptable here. Generally speaking, "bribes" are the things of value which are offered in return for (usually illegal) favors, while "bribery" is the act of offering a bribe and having it...

Anonymous wrote: Sorry but I consider you have to analyze the meaning of the sentence, "More than one man" means exactly the same, or is synonym of "Two men" or "Twenty seven men"..... what I mean is that "More than one man" is the subject in the sentence and it is plural. According to this,...

Sorry but I consider you have to analyze the meaning of the sentence, "More than one man" means exactly the same, or is synonym of "Two men" or "Twenty seven men"..... what I mean is that "More than one man" is the subject in the sentence and it is plural. According to this, I would say that...

"to get in touch with" is only used in context of a person - yes. Not sure about the 'made me encounter' either, grammatically ok, but doesn't sound natural. I think it's the 'made' part, it sounds as though they dragged you there kicking and screaming. Maybe 'parents exposed me to..' One among...

I have an assignment that is very confusing! I am asked to find 2 different forms of the following nouns, name the form and use them in a sentence. It is not a synonym exercise. I don't understand this, because all I can come up with is making the nouns plural. Is this right? The nouns are; 1....

Indeed, eucalypt and eucalyptus seem to be synonyms Also, the capitalized Eucalyptus should only be used for the genus. And now, let me show off with my dictionary --------- eucalypt Function: noun Inflected Form(s): -s Etymology: New Latin Eucalyptus : a tree of the genus...

Here are the summary definitions from OneLook Dictionary Search: Benchmark: a standard by which something can be measured or judged (Example: "His painting sets the benchmark of quality"). A benchmark is a point of reference for a measurement. The term presumably originates from the practice...

Hello R2005 My comment wasn't meant to imply that I would change 'has' to 'have' simply because a conspiracy requires more than one person (except in certain kinds of mental ill health, of course). I would guess that 'conspire' has been used quite loosely in this sentence, with only a faint echo...

Hello MrP Thanks for the reply. I am lucky I get an confirmation directly from a native speaker to that I had better not say "I'm a Japanese", though I feel somewhat like unhappiness in your way of discriminating the suffices "-an" and "-ese". By the way I feel the word "Japaneses" is much...