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Re: pronunciation of Girlfriend & boyfriend.

Anonymous — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 05:45:00 GMT

Speaking as an American teenager:

Girls will say "I went out with my girlfriends" (meaning friends who are girls), "I went out with my boyfriend" (meaning a boy whom they are dating), or, at least with teenagers, "I went out with my guy friend" (referring to a boy who is your friend and only your friend). I've never heard girls says "boyfriends", plural, as that would imply she was dating several men at once!

Boys will say, "I went out with my girlfriend" (meaning a girl whom they are dating), "I went out with my buddy" ("buddy" is used for friends who are boys. "Buddy" is rarely used for girls), or "I went out with my friend" (which can be used for both boys and girls).

Re: creams and detergents

Goodman — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:19:09 GMT

Mr. Miclawer,

I wasnât going to expand this pluralization discussion on âcreamsâ and âwinesâ.
But it really bothered the heck out of me for two reasons.
1) I really wanted to find out if I was really blowing hot air on this subject
because of my misunderstanding of this topic, and 2) if there is another side of the usage
I am not aware of.
This is perhaps not relevant to the discussion but to establish my point, I think it needs
to be said. Mrs. Milton whom I learned English from was an excellent English teacher who
also had taught for 5 years at the Beijing University, which is a top University in China, by
invitation of the Government. Many of her students had landed positions working for the
Chinese Government and the U.N. as translators and interpreters. I was very blessed to be
among her students. Most of my English foundation was learned from her. And I was really
surprised to see your examples pluralizing âcreamâ and âwineâ. By your earlier examples, which I
compared with the information found on the WEB, I must ask this question. Am I to understand
that itâs completely grammatical to say in a restaurant âmay I have 2 waters and soups?â. I know
we hear that all the time but if we are discussing the whether a particular usage is grammatically
correct, running into this type of scenario is inevitable. Here are some âsupportsâ you had
asked for which may not may not be validated to your satisfaction. No doubt, you are the
English authority and perhaps possess âsuperiorityâ over many frequented this forum and I donât
mean to sound like challenging your examples, let alone to waste anymore of your time.
Nonetheless, as a serious learner, Iâd owe the real answers to myself and the learners if I just
accepted your answers as given. I may be wrong with my search result and you are correct.
And If so, here is my âadvanced apologyâ.

Nouns only countable nouns can be either singular or plural. ... He had some ice cream on
his face. He had an ice cream. mass. countable ...
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http://ajaja.paradoxinc.org/Basic/Grammar/CountAndNoncount.ht

Liquids: beer, milk, coffee, blood, cream, juice, honey, gasoline, oil, shampoo, soup, tea, water, wine.

Solids and semi-solids: Bread, butter, cheese, ice, ice cream, lettuce, toast, meat, beef, chicken, fish, ham, lamb, pork, chalk, 
copper, cotton, glass, gold, iron, , soap, tin, toothpaste, wood, wool,

http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/grammar/countnon.html

A Revision of the RulesThe exceptions require that the rule for pluralizing be revised: count nouns and nouns used 
in a count sense can be pluralized; noncount nouns and nouns used in a noncount sense cannot.

	Pluralizes with -s	Does not Pluralize
Count Noun	X
Count Use	X
Noncount Noun		X
Noncount Use		X

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Answers (4)

If coffee is an uncountable noun, cream certainly is by common sense. Thus the rule applies.

Â· Answerer 1

Many nouns can be used as countables or uncountables. It depends on whether you are thinking of a substance or
a single serving or object made of the substance. So:

Beer is fattening (uncountable - the substance)
Don't drink more than three beers a day. (Countable - servings)

I love chocolate (uncountable - the substance)
Get me a box of chocolates (countable - individual pieces)

A vase made of blown glass (uncountable - the substance)
A glass of wine (A single piece / artifact)

Coffee gives me indigestion (the substance - uncountable)
I need at least three coffees to wake up on a morning (countable - individual servings)

2 months ago

http://www3.law.cuny.edu/wc/students/multilingual/articles.html

Uncountable nouns often refer to drinks and food, other general substances, or concepts (meat, tea, steel, information, justice):

Examples of Uncountable Nouns in English:

Food and Drink: bacon, beef, beer, bread, butter, cabbage, candy, cauliflower, chicken, chocolate, coffee, corn,
cream, fish, fruit, juice, lettuce, meat, milk, oil, pasta, rice, salt, spinach, sugar, tea, water, whiskey, wine, yogurt.
General Substances: air,cement, clay, coal, copper, dirt, dust, foam, gasoline, gold, ice, leather, paper, petroleum,
plastic, rain, rubber, silver, soap, steel, wood, wool.
Abstract nouns: abandonment, access, adultery, advice, alimony, anger, anguish, arson, authentication, beauty, capacity,
conduct, confidence, courage, deprivation, desperation, discretion, employment, empowerment, evidence, extortion, fortune,
fun, happiness, health, honesty, housing, information, insurance, intelligence, intent, knowledge, land, love, malice, negligence,
poverty, privacy, real estate, sadness, satisfaction, strength, truth, wealth.
Others: biology, clothing, darkness, equipment, furniture, gossip, homework, jewelry, luggage, machinery, mail, money, music,
news, poetry, pollution, research, scenery, traffic, transportation, violence, weather, weight, work.

Some uncountable nouns (except for concepts) can be turned into countable nouns by preposing a phrase to them
(two bottles of wine, a bar of soap, a piece of information, an act of violence, a burst of anger, a piece of evidence).

e.g. The defendant's lawyer is sure the judge will accept new evidence in this case.

vs. The defendant's lawyer is sure the judge will accept three new pieces of evidence in this case.

Some uncountable nouns can be used in the plural, but their meaning changes:

experience / experiences: e.g., He had to rely on experience / I lived unforgettable experiences

Re: Felt like...

Avangi — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 15:42:54 GMT

Hi Mad, With this scant context, it could be taken either way. It's pretty confusing.

"Friends" is plural. Was she paired with one particular guy?

Whom is she talking to? Her date??

"Felt" is past tense, but "is" is present tense. Is she still on the date with this guy (or guys) (or girls) when she makes this statement? (like maybe at the very end of it?)

Is Neil her main squeeze? (Sorry, my eyes are getting bad.) Is Nell her main squeeze? Who the h--- is Nell? (Is Lana a guy?)

Anyway, I'm assuming "tonight" is a noun rather than an adverb. "I had to explain about tonight." Not, "Tonight, I felt like I had to explain to Nell."

It's still "tonight" when she makes the statement. It sounds like Nell is not present. If she has already explained to Nell, she must have covered a lot of ground.

But on the other hand, we don't know what it is she wants to explain. Did she feel she had to explain what happened tonight, or did she feel (in the past) that she had to explain that she was planning to go on a date without him/her??

If she's talking to the guy and they're still on the date, maybe it's, "I felt like I had to explain to Nell, but, you know what? I don't feel that way any longer." Maybe she's just telling him that she feels wierd about having felt obligated to tell Nell all her private business.

Or maybe she's warning "him" that this "date" is no secret from Nell, because she felt obligated to tell her/him.

You're asking me, "Did Lana explain to Nell about tonight?" I'll tell you. I don't know.

Re: help me solve the confusion

Grammar Geek — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:13:41 GMT

whose/whom - do you know the difference between his and him? Why don't you write a couple sentences in which you try to use them.

someone/some person - how would you like to use "some person"? It's more common to use "someone."

other person/people - person is singular and people is plural

anyone/anybody - very little difference.

Really the best thing to do is write a few sentences.

Re: sentences correct?

Feebs11 — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 00:05:41 GMT

Solomon_13000 wrote:
Are the sentences below correct in terms of the use of preposition and so on in italic?

Preposition

Neither Amy nor her sisters like to do ironing every week.

He is like his mother

He is always like that

Besides working at the restaurant, he also works at the garage.

He is watching TV besides eating

Everyone besides Jane went to the birthday party

The ferry departs at hourly interval.intervals

I stay at my parents' house

He wasnât at home last night

John was accused of stealing the box of coins.

John is the son of Jacob

I knew him since January of last year

Verb

Miss Wong came early to make coffee for everyone, didnât she?

There are things we didnât know until John told us

He didnât study yet he passed in his exams passed his exams

The naughty boy was running at that time, wasnât he?

I wasnât hungry just now

He wasnât accepted for the job

I shall Madam Andrea in Scotland after my examinations. incomplete - have you missed out part of your verb?

I shall visit my aunty next week

After lunch we shall visit the school

John decided to go to the library and borrow some books.

John plans to borrow some money from the bank

It is not a good habit to borrow something from people

The musical concerts will be held in Germany next year.

The elections will be held by December

He will be held responsible for the incident

Neither of the girls are keen on taking up sewing.

They are having their dinner

They are cleaning the house

Aaron usually drinks milk but yesterday he asked for tea instead.

He drinks a lot of water

He drinks water from the tap

Harry, like his brother, is a good athlete.

He is washing his car

He is pressing the wrong button

Either of the shirts looks good on you.

It looks like he is searching for something

He looks handsome

Adverb

Kim does not want to join us for dinner as she has already ~~taken~~ hers. eaten OR had

He has already ~~taken~~ his lunch eaten OR had

The building is already completed

Since you are not the culprit, you should not be worried about the interrogation.

Since yesterday there was no rain at all Ungrammatical>>There has been no rain at all since yesterday.

I have worked for the company since the 1990s.

It is the most exciting movie I have seen

That is the most attractive colour

Most people love shopping

Auxiliary Verb

Everyone in my family has a mobile phone.

It's a car that has air bags

The cat has run away

I usually have my dinner at half past seven in the evening.

I have studied today

I have slept this afternoon

Relative pronoun

No matter what she did or said, he would not forgive her.

He really enjoys what he does best

He only does what is right in life

This is the girl whom we were talking about.

The man whom you met is my friend

This is the person to whom I sent my job application

Conjunction

The pant was uncomfortable so Jack refused to wear it. "pants" = trousers - always in the plural.

He was hungry so he ate some food

It rained so I did not go out today

Re: 'It was me who...' vs. 'It was I who...'

Kooyeen — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 18:33:09 GMT

Anonymous wrote:

And I am still not sure whether I can use the above 'pattern' for plural pronouns? ("It was/were? we/they who..." and the second one - with 'whom').

Yes, don't use the plural:
It was they/them who received...
It was we/us who received...

I included "they" and "we" in the above examples because MM mentioned them, but I'd never use the subject pronouns there.

Re: 'It was me who...' vs. 'It was I who...'

Anonymous — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 13:12:23 GMT

Thank you, Mister Micawber, now the point is clear.

By the way, this was why I asked the question:
http://sara.natcorp.ox.ac.uk/cgi-bin/saraWeb?qy=it+was+me+who

And I am still not sure whether I can use the above 'pattern' for plural pronouns? ("It was/were? we/they who..." and the second one - with 'whom').

Nika

Re: Please proofread this introductory paragraph

Grammar Geek — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 23:03:22 GMT

Numerous too weak a word - more than numerous literary works have been created since stories first began to be written down. Though the number of literary works is endless not exactly endless - it's a finite number, works of fiction are often more popular among young readers. Are the works of fiction more popular among young readers than among older reader? Or are the works of fiction more popular than other types of works for young readers? The invented events and the unrealistic exaggeration a great percentage of fictional works are "realistic fiction" of those events that the author sometimes uses makes two things - that's plural - use theplural form of the verb it more appealing to young readers since less factual information is required to support the story. I don't know that that's logical -- the appeal comes from the need for less factual information? Consequently, works of non-fiction are often considered inferior by whom? to fiction due to their seemingly shallow plot non-fiction doesn't have a "plot" and heavy details some people will tell you that the heavy use of detail is one thing they love in fiction writing. However, the relevant and important information that non-fiction offers can teach readers about historical people, places, and events. The value of non-fiction combined with the realistic appeal of non-fiction, makes works like Jon Nordheimerâs âFrom Dakto to Detroit: Death of a Troubled Heroâ and Walter Lordâs A Night to Remember, appealing for readers who prefer a more realistic world that they can relate too. The honesty and truth used, combined with the authorâs narrative style and objectivity, are the crucial elements that make non-fiction effective.

Your grammar is fine. Your points are not. What is the topic sentence of your paragraph? What is the main point you want to make?

Re: Help Me

Philip — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 15:20:53 GMT

Cherrypie10 wrote:
I canât think of a better site name before so Iâve decided to name it after the two of my favorite dogs. Cherry and Pie are two of our family dogs, [;] they're the oldest so they're the one ~~whom~~ I love the most.

Is that correct?

A semicolon keeps it from being a "run-on" sentence.

I would use 'two' rather than 'ones', but many people use the plural form of 'one'.

No relative pronoun is necessary, but I wouldn't use 'whom' when referring to animals.

Re: yourself

Mister Micawber — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 06:49:18 GMT

There is a problem with the question, then, since both answers are possible. 'You yourself' is singular and 'you yourselves' is plural, and 'don't' is the appropriate verb for both cases.

Email me (my address is in my Profile), Hanuman, and I'll send you a photo of myself if you send me a photo of yourself... and we'll see who surprises whom the most!

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Re: pronunciation of Girlfriend & boyfriend.

Re: creams and detergents

Mr. Miclawer,

Nouns only countable nouns can be either singular or plural. ... He had some ice cream on his face. He had an ice cream. mass. countable ...www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/dick/tta/wc/nouns.htm - 21k - Cached - Similar pages

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Answers (4)

Re: Felt like...

Re: help me solve the confusion

Re: sentences correct?

Re: 'It was me who...' vs. 'It was I who...'

Re: 'It was me who...' vs. 'It was I who...'

Re: Please proofread this introductory paragraph

Re: Help Me

Re: yourself

Nouns only countable nouns can be either singular or plural. ... He had some ice cream on
his face. He had an ice cream. mass. countable ...
www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/dick/tta/wc/nouns.htm - 21k - Cached - Similar pages