I think people should start dating whenever they are mature enough not to wreck their own and other people's lives :P That said, dating before 18 is almost a given in North American countries, and we turn out mostly OK. Dating yes, marriage?...

I agree, it is despicable. When you marry someone you make a promise to be their mate for life. I don't care what any philanderer says about "it's just physical, it doesn't mean anything" - that's BS. Whenever you have sex with someone there is an

Maybe I should have avoided the word plural. I don't know how to describe it the textbook way, but nouns that refer to a collective such as "nonsense", "wood", "knowledge", etc., should not be preceded by "a". Ignore the examples I gave, but the

I don't know about spacing but this page may answer at least some of your questions: http://www.io.com/~hcexres/tcm1603/acchtml/genlett.html

I haven't heard of a heart stroke. A stroke is when a blood clot lodges in the brain and generally messes things up. The second sentence, I would interpret to mean that a lot of people are becoming poor because of the cost of long-term care.

Rather than the countable / uncountable paradigm, can we not abide by singular / plural? "Nonsense" in that context is a plural noun (collectively referring to things of no sense), so it wouldn't be proper to use "a". You can see it works if you

A few comments... A. I recommend using "many" instead of "a lot", at least when writing articles or papers. The former is more formal and professional. B. A grammatical problem in all three sentences is "...uneasy, irritated, which is a

You misspelled "grammar". I know you didn't ask, but hey... this is EnglishForums.com and if I can't nit-pick here, where can I? YVW

I would omit the "as" - it might acceptable but doesn't add any meaning. You can't go wrong using just "per" if you want to be sure.

I'll take a crack at explaining it. Here goes: ahn-treh-preh-noor