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Panesh: Sunrise (one word) is a noun.In your sentence, the word "rise" is a verb, not a noun. Every sentence must have a verb. English used to be a highly inflected language. Over the centuries, the inflections have been changed or lost. The addition of -s in third person singular,...

most heavily last week (adverb modifies verb). (A): I misunderstood it as (adjective modifies noun). The second set you wrote: (B): Heavier and heaviest are adjectives: My brother is heavier than me/I. He is the heaviest man I know (adjective modifies noun). (B): I misunderstood it as ...

You'll have to wait for RayH's explanation for his preferences. He heard a fearful wailing of a dog is fine grammatically but it does suggest that you may hear different kinds of wailings of a dog and therefore the sentence may sound odd to some. The plural dogs simply indicates that...

Hi everyone I 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...

All the rules for adding S are the same for plurals as for third-person singular present tense verbs, including the words that end in y . That said, there are a few exceptions that you will encounter from time to time, for example, words that end in f or fe . There are so few that you can...

Digger36 wrote: But what about the SPECIAL cases of the inflection on the 3-rd person singular; it seems less obvious, as in these cases .. he destroys / destroies sand dunes he trys / tries jumping high he carrys / carries the load he emptys / empties the glass of milk he finishs /...

See (for nouns) Special cases on this page at this grammar site: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/plurals.htm

Hello: The USUAL rule for forming plural nouns is to add an "S". There are reasonably well-established rules for forming plural nouns in special cases. The USUAL rule for 3-rd Pers Sing verbs is to add an "S". Q. What, if any, are the rules for forming 3-rd Pers Sinig verbs in special cases. Are...

Jackson6612 wrote: There are certain English words which have to be pronounced differently depending on their function. If ''use'' is used as a noun, then it will be pronounced as ''u-ce'' where ''-ce'' sounds as in juice. On the other hand if ''use'' is used as a verb, then it will be...

Hi LLR, it's sometimes seen as being rather low class and common in the UK. Interesting comment. When I lived in Britain, dropping 'g's was also characteristic of the upper classes (the huntin', shootin' and fishin' people). Either things have changed, or else you are not associating with...