By Vowels, Nouns

Yes I am little confuse now in between articles. Mr. Wordy what if i used sheet and mattress for the 1st time. Article A won't look like repeating or odd ?Its wooden frame supports a bouncy mattress and is completely covered with a silky sheet like a sponge cake layered with cream.And some...

. Well duh. One of the two must be the vowel-- I, O or U... and sometimes Y.Abstract noun....goodmoodhushliftriftploy Is it countable, and if so, is it plural?

Tissues? >> No, but you can keep two vowels and a consonant.Traffic? >> No, but in my word there's a double consonant in the same place as in "traffic" (not an "f," though).Toenail? >> Mm ... somewhat (indirectly) related to my noun.Trouble? >> No,...

.Welcome to English Forums, Mahesh.Use an as an article before nouns or adjectives that begin with a vowel sound (not necessarily a vowel letter), such as an umbrella (cf, a union). (You have posted your question in the wrong forum, so I shall move your thread to our Basic Grammar forum now.)

What? How about "Use ou except when final or followed by final n or l".Final: now, allow, low, below, window, ...; Exceptions: thou, you, caribouFinal n: brown, down, own, shown, known, ...; Exceptions: noun, pronounFinal l: owl, howl, fowl, bowl, ...; Exceptions: foul, soul,...

Here's a quick recap. 8 lettersonly one vowel (other than "e") repeated twicemainly AmEyou can break it into two 4-letter words, which differ only in one letter (not sure about the grammar, sorry!)it can be noun, adjective and adverb (which does not end in -ly)For the noun:it's...

Does it have a "e" in the word >> No. There's only one vowel in it (by the way, it appears twice) but it's not "e."Your word is a noun that can also an adverb or an adjective, right? >> Right.So, that does that mean that the adverb does not end in -ly?...

1) Here are some links with better explanations than I could probably give. http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/presentperfect.html http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/pastperfect.html 2) "An" is easy. You always use it before you talk about a noun that starts with a vowel. Exception: if...

Thank you very much CJ, Zerox, and Carson. You all have given me very valuable advices. After reading through all you said carefully, and then watching a couple of English TV programmes, I believe I can now tell the difference! The ending /z/ in most cases are much shorter, voiced but less...

Before or after the dropping of the ? I always forget -- was the Dropping of the Coffee Cup before or after the Great Vowel Shift? By the way -- just for the record -- "France" is not a pronoun, and pronouns are not necesarily capitalized. It is a proper noun, and therefore capitalized.