Nona The Brit wrote: None of these sentences is quite there. There are two kinds of verb. I have heard that SINGULAR COUNTABLE NOUNS must be used in combination with articles, determiners or modifiers. For example, i eat apple . I eat

Until you become an expert.

which one of the following sentences is correct? there are two kinds of a verb. there are two kind of a verb. there are two kinds of verbs. there are two kind of verbs.

Very sorry for being late, Thank you all, for your painstaking effort to solve my query. But let me tell you that there are so many places in Oxfort Advanced Learner's Dictionary where somebody ( sb ) has been treated as plural. For example,

I think you could say, Something was stolen from me. But what about this one: I was stolen a pen by someone.

I would say: All the available resources (money etc) are being used to polish back his New Generation Party (PNG) headquaters to its former glory. This is what 'with no expense spared' means in this context.

Very confusing. What is the difference between can and could . I mean where to use can and where to use could ?

Why? Can you give some reasons?

Yes,Grammar Geek. Almost everywhere somebody has been used as plural in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

But in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary somebody is abriviated as sbd , and everywhere it is treated as plural in it.