By Verbs, American English

Actually, infinitives are used in AmE as subjects. The location geographically or historically has nothing to do with it. But infinitives (and their complement(s), if any), taken together, can make noun phrases.To be absolutely precise, it is a noun phrase (NP) that must be the subject of a...

I am walking. Walking is an adjective? To hear him sing is an unforgettable experience. To hear is an infinitive, in other words, a verb, not a noun or a pronoun. Using an infinitive as a subject may not be common in American English but it has been used that way for centuries - and is used...

You could say "California is the most heavily populated with illegal immigrants state in the US," maybe, but it's very awkward. I would say, "California has the largest population of illegal immigrants in the US." Even in American English, with its many nouns used as...

Don't depend on Microsoft spellcheck all the time. Refer to your dictionary when in doubt. Take care to spell these two words correctly. In both British and American English, the noun is advice and the verb is to advise. (The Right Word at the Right Time) You're right. It should be ...

That is interesting indeed and I agree with you Old Man Gordon. I am from Finland and according to my Finnish-English dictionary I should say "Finland is leading 2-0" without using the plural verb and"The Finns are leading 2-0" when using a plural expression. But I guess...

That is interesting indeed and I agree with you Old Man Gordon. I am from Finland and according to my Finnish-English dictionary I should say "Finland is leading 2-0" without using the plural verb and"The Finns are leading 2-0" when using a plural expression. But I guess this...

Whether e-mail, letter, post card/postcard or whatver you are writing is countable or uncountable is of no consequence. It all depends on the verb.I'll send you a letter. = I'll send a letter to you. I'll write you a letter. (Common in AmE.) = I'll write a letter to you....

The correct form is obviously "you're". You're beautiful! However, "Your beautiful!" sounds the same as the contraction "you're", and it's so common on the net that sometimes I even think it actually looks better, LOL. I'm afraid the majority of...

Hi, grammar geek, thank you for your response.How about the following one?"What IT vendor do you contract with at the headquater?"OR"What IT vendor does your headquater contract with?" I agree with you that one contracts with an IT vendor,so I came up with the above sentence.

"Use" is certainly the simplest. "Hire" is not right - if they are vendors, you contract with them, you don't hire them (at least in American English). "Depend on" is acceptable grammatically, but not the same meaning. You can use a vendor that is not very...