By Uncountable nouns, Verbs

Heck no, this is a term I learned from CJ and Marius. "Educated" people speak with very precisely correct (higher register) English. "Uneducated" people tend to use the vernacular and make many common errors, speaking in English of a lower register. (I don't know how...

Hi,Something seems amiss in the category structure. My understanding used to be that the dictionary entry for a verb begins with the (bare) infinitive, and is typically followed by the present and past participles, and then the present 3rd person singular, or something like that. I always...

Thank you, Avangi. In my previous post, I should have used third-person verb tenses, 'sounds' and 'gives' -- proper subject-verb agreement wasn't made due to my carelessness. Going back to your request for examples of cases where I would feel something in quotes could not be...

Hi everyoneI just wondered if anyone could help - I have to write a profile of a chinese learner of English (completely made up). In it I must put any difficulties that the learner has in learning English as an L2. I have got so far:Intonation transfer from L1 may cause them to be perceived as...

May I use the 'ING' form with any verb to create adjectives or nouns? No. The adjective 'Telephonic' has it an adverb to be 'Telephonically'? Yes. When I can use 'The', 'a', 'an' before nouns? An extremely broad question. A and an are usually not...

Hi, I am wondering whether " She has a long hair." or "She keeps a long hair" are correct concord in grammar? Can hair be used with "a". Please shed some lights. Urgent please because i need to explain it to my students. Say 'She has long hair'. Keep is...

Please kindly indicate the correct answers for the following questions and justifications to the answers. 1. They do these things so quietly that nobody is ever sure of what (is/ are) happening. 2. Various kinds of food (has /have) been already been prepared. Come and help yourself to...

When two uncountable nouns link together by 'and', should I use a 'singular' or 'plural' verb in sentences such as below: 1. Language proficiency and creativity are/is essential for this job 2. There is/are follow-up discussion and correspondence after the meeting. Thanks for your help. Echo

Spectacled-Girl wrote: Belly wrote: Oh, thanks. But how to correct my second sentence using "naturally"? I know the function of whose here, but wonder why he use is, not are, and when to use skin as an uncount or count noun? naturally symbol? I don't know whether it indicates the word can...

Belly wrote: Oh, thanks. But how to correct my second sentence using "naturally"? I know the function of whose here, but wonder why he use is, not are, and when to use skin as an uncount or count noun? naturally NOTE: It is 'countable' and 'uncountable'; not 'uncount' or 'count'.