I think that single-family is hyphenated. You may also want to put a hyphen in multi-family just so it's clear that single- is not a typo. Or you coud say "...single-family and multifamily..." There's no shame in repetition if it clarifies your

Yeah, and she punctuated the whole sentence for you. Why not try to reword your question so that people who want to help you can do so?

Miriam, Glad to help. But really, your post covered everything quite nicely. I was merely pointing out a pitfall of using informal language. Anyway, English wouldn't be English if there weren't many different ways to say the same thing. Note

"I wish I/he was..." is very informal. Many people would pass judgement on a speaker's education on hearing them say this. I'm not trying to start an argument with anyone, but I suggest that people don't even bother to learn this version of the

#2 is the best of the 3. But... I think that all of them are a little too wordy. Why use "would be" at all? On what condition would the ideal form of goverment become benign monarchy? Are there other forms of ideal government? "The ideal

"Were" used this way is called the subjunctive mood. This mood is used to express a wish or possible situation that is currently not true. It's usually used with words like "if" and "wish". Other examples: "I wish I were a sea cucumber."

'has' is singular. The subject is 1 thing. 'have' is plural. The subject is 2, 3, 4... things. The supermarkets have everything. Their son has gone to Sweden for the week. Hope this helps...!

1 - Someone who sells false promises. Someone who deals in imagination, and whose actual product is not really very good. Possibly a scam artist. "Merchant" is frequently used in a negative way. This is just my opinion. It's a metaphor, so the

"Gotten" is the past participle of "got", right? So if the sentence, "Has everyone written a column?" is correct, then it seems to me that the sentence "Has everyone gotten a ticket?" should be correct too. Same form just different p.p. verbs

New Yorker: A claim needs evidence proportional to its magnitude. Big claims need big proof. That's why I don't believe in aliens, Roswell, or Santa Claus. One document which is largely considered to be a fake is not enough to convince me that