Once again, I need to ask you something from NYC where it is 32F right now. This time, adverb vs adjective. Let me present two sentences: A. With a cartoon book, for hours he sat happily . B. With a cartoon book, for hours he sat happy . Q: I

AlpheccaStars Thanks for dropping by. Sorry about my mistakes. I was so preoccupied by "has rained" that I did not pay enough attention to anything else. Anyway, thanks for your input. I completely understand your point. "Can the

Hi there. Questions on the present perfect tense. It has rained for past three days. If I was to add another sentence that describes how the weather is today, there are two possibilities: a. It has rained for past three days, and it is the forth

Avangi Grammar Geek I truly thank you two for precious inputs. I say it is a good thing to be as picky as you are, Avengi. That is the sole reason why I turn to you. GG, your comment "lesbian parents and do have two mothers" cracked me

Avangi, I thank you again. No, this is not as easy as it appears. As can be seen, it is a hardcore grammar problem. Insertion of the word "should" ... you are right again. I should have done so. I intended this sentence to be a printed

Avangi, thanks for dropping by. Just an aside - "prerequisites" wants an article. Edit. Students whose mothers are here with them today - - ... You see, I was testing if you are paying attention. No, you got me. I stand corrected.

Grammar Geek, thanks again for the pin-point answer. I entirely agree with your view. These are misleading and quite sometimes cause problems. You are right, as there could be multiple test results, the original sentence was not appropriate to

Thank you, Grammar Geek. No, you can't leave "student" without an article. If you use "a student" then the verbs are all singular. Yes, this is what I wanted to hear. I thought it had to be either singular with

Yet another question. This time it is on the matter of singular or plural form: The Sentence: One of prerequisites for (student) whose placement test score (is/are) below 500 points and who (wish/wishes) to advance to the next grade (is/are) to

alpheccastars Lakshwadeep Thanks a million. I finally got it. You were trying to tell me that it is not the Superlative Degree in which you compose a sentence with "the most (... est) among ...". The bottom line is the sentence 1 just