Are there any rules for genitive case not indicating possesion?


A person unaware his confidence exceeds his talent

Describe a fallacious opinion regarding one's own ability


What is a word for a "phrase to remember", e.g. "Life is like a box of chocolates"?


Are equations to be treated as parts of sentences?

Should there be a period after an equation?


Word for a moniker that you use to address friends

Is there a word for colloquial forms of address?


Unnecessary pronouns: "The President he issued..."


Is the second "t" silent in the word "twenty"?


One word to describe this situation: "Losing the interest or feeling in something after being exposed to it so much"

What's the term for becoming used to something so you don't even notice it anymore?


Word for 'cynical,' 'disdainful,' 'too cool for school'


Word for a person who acts super nice to you to impress others, but he doesn't actually mean it?

Is there a word to describe someone who does nice things for others, only to make themselves look or feel good?


Should a comma come before 'you' in this sentence?


I need an Idiom about improving a bad situation

Are there good alternatives to "making the best of a bad situation?"


I need an alternative term for “master,” as in someone who has “mastered” a particular craft


Do I need "the" when refer to something that has its name or label?

Is an article required before a math variable?


What would someone who is prejudiced against a country be called?

Word for who professes discrimination based on culture


Is there a name for the UK English repeating of a subject in a sentence - IE "I can do science, me"

"We went swimming later in the afternoon, Jack and I."


Is it grammatical to say "My favorite food is apples"?

Agreement in "[Singular Noun] Is/Are [Plural Noun]"?


Are these two sentences (from a book) correct?

On what grounds does one determine the grammatical acceptability of a sentence fragment group?


What does "either A or B" mean precisely, and how can I prove it?

Does "either A or B " preclude "both A and B"?


He looked the same “as she” or “as her”?

"as bad at English as me" vs. "as bad at English as I"


X, along with Y and others, "were" or "was"?


Is it appropriate and grammatically good to write 'It all began with one troubling news"?


Do you use "a" or "an" before acronyms / initialisms?


On the usage of "the" article with acronyms and initialisms


You can ask me any question vs. any questions

Should the noun after "any" be singular or plural?


Do you use a or an before acronyms / initialisms


Plural or singular subject-verb agreement

"One of the children who was" vs. "one of the children who were"


How to say the interrogative form with a base form of a verb ..in English?


Is there a word or phrase for "when someone tells you to do something and you're going to do but they continuously tell you to do it"

What is the word for act of monotonously demanding for something (many be a toy) repeatedly?


Why is it usually "friend of his", but no possessive apostrophe with "friend of Peter"?


What is a gender neutral word to describe an individual?

Is there a correct gender-neutral singular pronoun ("his" vs. "her" vs. "their")?


Do you pluralize the singular possessions of / items or people associated with individual members of a plural group?


Why have the subjunctive and indicative converged in Modern English?


What are the difference between "get married" and "be married"?

In "get married," etc., is "married" a verb or an adjective?


"Who wants ice-cream?" — Should I say "(not) I" or "(not) me"?


Variations in the pronunciation of "the"


Is there a gender-neutral word for "aunts and uncles"/"parents' siblings"?


Is "I'd've" proper use of the English language?


What do you call a person who loves facts?

What term means "one who enjoys learning"?


When are 'near', 'near by' and 'nearby' used?


Is "cant" a spelling or grammar mistake?


plural form or singular form after a subject clause

Subject/Complement Agreement. How to describe problem with "The thing is the objects."


Single word for better "in all respects"

A word or short phrase for 'better in every way'?


What is the difference between "Anyone and Anybody","Everyone and Everybody","No one and Nobody","Someone and Somebody"?

Is there a subtle difference between "somebody" and "someone", "anybody" and "anyone"?


Subjunctive or indicative: "was" or "were" after he


Alternative way of saying "calling a spade a spade"

"Calling a spade a spade": synonymous expressions?


What's the origin of "wife-beater" when used as a sleeveless shirt and why is it not frowned upon?


"It is one of the few terms that cast/casts a positive light on this subject."

Is this correct? "One of the things that makes him great is..."


Past continuous reporting verb in indirect speech


How do the tenses and aspects in English correspond temporally to one another?


Why is the misspelling of "its" (possessive) so widespread?


How to interpret confusing statements involving either/or/not?

Does "either A or B " preclude "both A and B"?


Past perfect tense vs present perfect tense usage


Is there a word to describe someone who disagrees with people just to be different?

What do you call a person who does/thinks the opposite of the crowd for just that reason?


What is the structure in "as best you can"?


Can we use "Now" (not until now or until then) in past tense sentences


Connection between "right" as in a liberty and "right" as in the direction

right (opposite of left) connected to right (legal term)?


Hypernym for different time sections of a day

What is the category name to describe "day", "night", or "dusk"?


Which literary device swaps ideas between clauses?

Is there a name for an idiom that intentionally reverses key words for dramatic effect?


Classification of Band as a Collective Noun

Are collective nouns always plural, or are certain ones singular?


"I suggest you not go there" or "I suggest you to not go there"


What is the longest word you can come up with that the letters are all in alphabetical order?


Which is correct in this sentence: "me and my" or "my and my"?


What's a word for someone who only does what they enjoy?

One word for someone who always does what he loves


"Two are better than one" or "Two is better than one"?


What is the difference between "a lack of confidence" and "lack of confidence?"

A blinding light / blinding sunlight / a blinding sunlight


Stack Exchange profile: “This user prefers to keep an air of mystery about them”

Is there a correct gender-neutral singular pronoun ("his" vs. "her" vs. "their")?


What's the correct usage of "hopefully"?


What is the word for person who doesn't take other people's insults and disrespect?

Name of a person that is intolerant of stupidity


Should I always use a comma after "e.g." or "i.e."?


When quoting a quote, does the period go at the end?

When should end punctuation go inside quotes?


"Any" followed by singular or plural countable nouns?


"Thought of" vs. "thought about". What's the difference?

Difference between "think of" and "think about"


When to use “that” and when to use “which”, especially in relative clauses


Is it correct to say: the cat and the mouse are puppets played by Bobby.?

Generalised rule for verb usage in simple present tense using participle


Non-offensive substitute for a swear word


The mayor as well as his brothers is/are going to prison

Singular or plural verb form where subject includes a "parenthetical" element


Are there any simple rules for choosing the definite vs. indefinite (vs. none) article?


Can contractions always be used to replace their original words?

Is there some rule against ending a sentence with the contraction "it's"?


Can "who" as a relative pronoun sometimes be omitted?


Should capitals be used when verbing trademarks?


Where should the comma be placed in the salutation of a letter?


Are there any rules on the positioning adverbs should take in a sentence?


Using the same word for twice in a single sentence

Repetition of the same word in a sentence


How do the tenses and aspects in English correspond temporally to one another?


Why does an author use a comma in the sentence?

Comma usage with compound sentences {actually compound predicates as per Rob's answer}


What is the difference between "lay" and "lie"?


Which phrase is correct, "what happened is” or “what happened was"?


Looking for a noun, a person who changed their past view to a new one

A person who repeatedly switches his stance on a topic


Is there a word for someone who annoys you on purpose so you eventually have to do their bidding?

What's a word for someone who is constantly asking for same thing?


Ways to say “someone who messes with forces they don’t understand”


Does the word "therefore" always require a comma if it is in the middle of the sentence?

Should there always be a comma after "therefore","However" etc.?


How should I transform "Jane has just broken her leg" into a question starting with "Who" and whose answer is "Jane"?

Is there a correct gender-neutral singular pronoun ("his" vs. "her" vs. "their")?


Using both “one’s” and “their” to refer to the same entity


"Doubt and hopelessness fills my heart" or "fill my heart"

Agreement With Compound Subjects Joined by And


Synonym for competitive that has negative connotations

Is there a single word that is a more vicious connotation of "competition"?


What to call a small restaurant which serves only a single type of food?

What is the name of a small unluxurious restaurant?


Should I use 'or' or 'nor' after a negative statement?


Should "rather" be used in this context?

When to use words quite, rather, pretty, fairly etc: degree of downtoning


Is there an apostrophe in a master's degree?


Suspicious comma suggested by comma grammar checking software

Comma before "and" in compound sentences?


Plurals of acronyms, letters, numbers — use an apostrophe or not?


"I ain't never seen" vs "I ain't seen" which one is correct?


What’s the rule for using “who” and “whom” correctly?


When can the -ing form of a verb be placed before a noun?


To infinitive as a complement for Adjective


"Where did you buy it?" or "where did you buy it from?"


Should the comma in this sentence fall before the quotation in the word "We"? Thank you

Placement of comma before quotation mark


Pluralization rule for "five-year-old children", "20 pound note", "10 mile run"


Why do we say " 'a' unit instead of 'an' unit

Why is "union" an exception to the "a/an" rule?


Has “if I was” become grammatically correct in a southern US dialect?


What is the difference between 'can', 'could', 'may' and 'might'?


'I badly need to _' and 'I want to _ so bad'

Can "real" be used as an adverb to describe an adjective?


where should I place conjunction in the sentence?

Placing however at the start of a sentence vs placing it in the middle of a sentence?


Plural spelling of words ending with 'f'?

Why is there no consistency in the plural forms of words ending on an "f" (e.g. safe, roof, dwarf, etc.)?


Having some trouble with figuring out what tense is appropriate

How do the tenses and aspects in English correspond temporally to one another?


Is there a word that describes a person who spreads gossip and false rumours or just simply undermines group relationships?

What do you call someone who can't keep secrets?


Adverbs position in English: “place–manner–time” or “manner–place–time”?


What is the spelling of program/programme


"will" and "be going to", which is correct to express this situation?

Differences between ways to express future actions


When should I use "Would",  "Would have", "Will", and "Will have"?


Is 'a career advice' grammatically correct?


Why do people so often use "jive" when they actually mean "jibe"?


When is a gerund supposed to be preceded by a possessive adjective/determiner?


What is the correct way to respond to a negative question?

How to answer a negative question without ambiguity?


Why is it that "racist towards" and "racist against" have the same meaning?


Controversy over verb choice in "neither you nor I {is/am/are} in control"


Use of “f ” instead of “s” in historic, printed English documents


Would you say 'Google is' or 'Google are'?

Are collective nouns always plural, or are certain ones singular?


What is the term for an incorrect word used in a sentence

Word for when one uses the wrong word in a sentence


Present Perfect Simple vs Present Perfect Continuous

Is there any difference between Present Perfect and Present Perfect Continuous?


Is there an anatomical word that includes both hands and feet?

Looking for a common word meaning hands and feet as well


The use of "don't" for "doesn't" in 19th century England

Historical and contemporary usage of "don't" for the third singular person


Why There is No plural Word for Some Words like Deer?

Why is the plural of “deer” the same as the singular?


Do you need to repeat the article "the" in a series?

"The X and (the) Y": When should I repeat the definite article?


"I wish there were," or "I wish there was," which sounds most natural?

Subjunctive mood: 'was' usage after 'I wish' and 'if only'


Is it common to use the plural when the subject is an organization?


To what place (does/do) either the man or his sons wish to go?

Agreement after disjunctive compound subject_"My brother or one of my sisters" — singular or plural?


What is the effect an average person feels when he/she meets a celebrity like Justin Beber or JFK in person?

A word that means stage-fright, but for a person?


When should I use "requirements of safety" or safety requirements?


"UID" (unique identifier) - half abbreviation, half initialism. What it is?

Is IOU an abbreviation, an acronym, or an initialism?


"have" vs."have got" in American and British English


The difference between "have a lunch" and "have lunch"


What is an intuitive synonym for an "implementation" of an idea?

Looking for succinct way of describing the act of solidifying an idea into reality


When should a verb be followed by a gerund instead of an infinitive?


A single word for someone who spends their wealth very foolishly


Differences between Verb + to be + adjectives and Verb + adjective


What is the word for the order of succession in which son assumes the throne after father?


To which level can an antecedent of "which" be a phrasal noun? Can an entire clause be the antecedent?

How can the relative pronoun 'which' have an adjectival phrase as its antecedent? Exactly what may act as antecedent for 'which'?


Is there any preference in the use of participial clause versus a relative clause?


What is the identity of in - "after" or "within"?

"Within" and "in" when referring to time


Word for one who likes to share knowledge when asked


Comma usage in introductory sentences like "for the first two years"

Comma after introductory words, phrases, clauses: unacceptable, obligatory or optional?


What kind of grammar explains the common string "Let us"?

Subject in sentence with only object pronoun


Looking for an idiom or a slang word/phrase for a formal reply with no intent to help

Is there a phrase that means treat someone dismissively


Looking for an analogy for using the wrong solution

An idiom meaning someone's doing something useless and has no result at the end


Is "It is you who are mistaken!" correct?


Subject verb agreement in case of sentences having "along with"


"[adjective] and [adjective] [noun]" -- Should the noun be singular or plural?


I need an alternative term for “master,” as in someone who has “mastered” a particular craft


Can you use square brackets to correct punctuation in quotes?

What is the proper use of [square brackets] in quotes?


How to punctuate "eight- or nine-year-old"


Pronoun cases (e.g. "my," "his") before gerund constructions

"...his parents' dream of *him* achieving a Cambridge degree." What is the function of "him" here?


How can I use : and ; in independent clauses

What is the difference between using a colon and a semi-colon to join two sentences?


Take to hospital or take to the hospital?

Is there a reason the British omit the article when they "go to hospital"?


When does a locational distinction change its suffix and capitialization in a proper name?


Verb forms in "Feelin' Myself" (will.i.am song)


Type of vs Types of, kind of vs kinds of


Is there a word for homonyms across languages?

Is there a term for a foreign word that looks like an English word but has a completely different meaning?


How do we use the words 'electric' and 'electrical' correctly?

What is the difference between "electric" and "electrical" and their usage?


Plural for surnames derived from other words?


Comma before "and" in compound sentences?


I’m stuck with a and the. What is the mental process to choose between them?

Are there any simple rules for choosing the definite vs. indefinite (vs. none) article?


Is the Subjunctive Mood always a conditional statement?


What is the function of 'a-' in the phrase 'cocks a-crow'

What is the story behind "a-" prefix / suffix?


Name for “having no concern about the truthfulness of one’s own remarks”


'None is' or 'none are', when the antecedent is plural?


"Has/Have/Had" as a main verb and auxiliary verb


When should compound words be written as one word, with hyphens, or with spaces?


Difference between "with" and "at" when it comes to percentages

Correct use of 'with' or 'at' when talking about percentages?


Use of capitals and full stops in bullet points


When is it okay to not use a comma before an 'and' or 'or' followed by an independent clause?


How do the tenses and aspects in English correspond temporally to one another?


"Welcome to the Jones__": Plural or Plural Possessive?


Usage of 'it is' or 'is it' in questions

Changing subject and verb positions in statements and questions


not or n't - word order in negative questions

Why does "Why doesn't it work?" become "Why does it not work?"


Does "fruit" get singular or plural verb form?

Is using "fruits" as the plural of "fruit" acceptable?


When to use “that” and when to use “which”, especially in relative clauses


Is it gramatically correct to omit the preposition "on" when talking about events occuring on a certain day?

US news articles missing out "on" when referring to a day


Is "The Venue in the map" or "...on the map"?


An expression for the trigger of something that was inevitable

Is there an expression to indicate the strategy of wearing someone down with numerous small irritations?


What is the correct word to describe something that’s not in the center of a container?

Math word for an object not centered at the origin?


Word for the flavor found in green bananas or green persimmon

What is the numb sensation in the mouth caused by some fruits called?


How to write formally and tersely that someone's work is utter nonsense and overly complicated?

Idiom for a speech with redundant information


When referring to dates, which form is correct? "on the 5th of November" or "on the 5th November"?

It is correct and formal to include "of" when writing dates?


Is it correct to use "their" instead of "his or her"?


When should I use "a" versus "an" in front of a word beginning with the letter h?


Is there a term to describe something that highlights what it is not?

Word or phrase for making something seem better by comparison


Why is it - "My great-grandfather never left Scotland" Instead of " My great-grandfather has never left Scotland"?

Past Simple or Present Perfect with "Never"?


Correct punctuation when "I was wondering..." (or similar) is used to imply or restate a question?

Should sentences like "I wonder..." end with a question mark?


You always are online or you are always online?

The position of "always" in different sentences


What is a less controversial name for the clothing item known as a "wife-beater" in the United States?

What's the origin of "wife-beater" when used as a sleeveless shirt and why is it not frowned upon?


What could we call a person with deep knowledge in various fields?


"Is" or "are"? What is the subject here?

Agreement in "[Singular Noun] Is/Are [Plural Noun]"?


Why is it sometimes 'most' and sometimes '-est'?

Which is correct - "most quiet" or "quietest"?


Placement of "?" in parentheses and quotation marks

Where does the question mark go — inside or outside the parentheses?


A single word or phrase when someone pretends to be so close to you


When do I say "I have seen people do it" and not "I have seen people doing it"?

What is the difference between "He saw me talking" and "He saw me talk"?


How to use both/either in negative sentences?


What is the English word for husband of the daughter of my brother?


What is a word for one who is depended on by another?

If a person depends upon you, what are you for him?


How is searching not like seeking and vice versa?


Isn't "there're" a contraction for "there are"?

Is "there're" (similar to "there's") a correct contraction?


How to know which word in British English ends with '-ise' or '-ize' (e.g. organise and realize)?


Which words in a title should be capitalized?


How many spaces should come after a period/full stop?


Is right to say "when he was come down from the mountain"?

Is it acceptable to use "is become" instead of "has become"?


Usage and origin of "sister" in expressions like "sister company, sister ship, sister site" etc


About '' get injured '' and '' be injured ''


What is the difference between I used to vs I'm used to?

What is the difference between "used to" and "I was used to"?


What is a word that means "someone who pretends to be your friend but is actually your enemy?"


Earliest use of "book," the slang verb meaning "to leave quickly"

What is the origin of the slang term “book” meaning “leave” or “hurry”?


Do any English synonyms have exactly the same meaning?

Do synonyms have exactly the same meanings as each other in all contexts?


Which tense is appropriate? Simple or Perfect?

Why do people sometimes use the past perfect form of a verb when the past would suffice? (e.g. "you had mentioned")


Is “ ’s ” ever correct for pluralization?


Is it "Yours faithfully" or "Yours sincerely"?


Is there a word meaning both import and export?


Is Google's definition of Acronym incorrect?

Difference between an acronym and abbreviation?


Why are there exceptions for the i before e except after c rule?

Why is it true that "I before E, except after C"?


Derivation of the phrase "what the dickens"?

Where does the phrase "Scare the Dickens out of..." originate from?


"There is people coming" - Game of Thrones last trailer

"There are so many" vs. "There is so many"


Problem in recognizing correct definite/indefinite articles out of context

Are there any simple rules for choosing the definite vs. indefinite (vs. none) article?


How do the tenses and aspects in English correspond temporally to one another?


Looking for a word to describe a person who lies/invents stories to elicit sympathy to manipulate others and further their own advancement

What do you call a person that goes to extreme ends to accomplish a goal?


"30 day span", "30-day span", or "30 days span"


single word to describe a person, who puts everything on social media

Is there a less colloquial word (noun or adjective) to describe an "attention whore"?


Having passion and determination "is or are" crucial to your future success

Making adult decisions "is" or "are" really not fun: Which is correct?


The use of "whoever" or "whomever" in complex sentence


"The latter" to describe the last item in a list

Equivalent of "former" and "latter" for more than 2 items


When is it correct to use "scissors" as a singular noun?


Omitting the auxiliary verb in short answers or titles

Style of technical warnings. Why is it acceptable to omit verbs?


Is it acceptable to use "Just wondering" as a question?

Should sentences like "I wonder..." end with a question mark?


Are there rules about using "that" to join two clauses?


Do you pluralize the singular possessions of / items or people associated with individual members of a plural group?


What's a word used when you don's see flaws on a person, even when they are there?

What is a word for making something seem not as bad as it actually is?


Must a comma be used after the word "similarly?"

When to use commas in a sentence that starts with "finally", "additionally", etc.?


The committee who have been working hard or the committee which has been working hard?

What is the correct relative pronoun for "government"?


The difference between for and over in terms of time


How can I explain why we use 'having' in 'consider having' and 'have' in 'I'd rather have'?

When should a verb be followed by a gerund instead of an infinitive?


Which is more appropriate — "I work for" or "I work at"?


What are the rules when to use double letters for words that end with a consonant when modified both in British English and in American English?

"Focussed" or "focused"? Rules for doubling the last consonant when adding -ed


What is the difference between trip and journey?

What's the difference between the words "journey", "travel" and "trip"?


Is 'if I would have ..., I would have ...' a valid conditional?

"If I would have lost you" vs "If I had lost you"


In computing, what is the plural of 'child' in terms of inheritance?

Can "childs" ever be the plural of "child", in standard English?


Why is it Wrong to use what in place of which (Context of American English) | Specific to GMAT

Relative clauses: How do that-clauses differ from what-clauses?


Should I use 'able' or 'able to' in this question, even if it means that the sentence ends with 'to'?

Using (or not) the word "to" in a sentence ending with "be able"


What is the term for young adult male/female (aged 18 to 25)?


Why is it "ladies and gentlemen" instead of "gentlemen and ladies"?

"pros and cons", "black and white", "ups and downs". Always in a fixed sequence, is there a word or phrase for these?


a word that contains every vowel contigiously

Is there a word that contains all the vowels?


What is the difference between 'tube' and 'tubing' in technical writing?


Term for verb+adverb with distinct meaning

Distinguishing whether "up" is a preposition or a part of a phrasal verb in this case


What is the opposite of indented (because "exdent[ed]" appears not to be a word)?

What is the opposite word to "indent"—"outdent" or "unindent"?


Sentence Correction: Team - was or were?

Collective nouns and subject-verb agreement: general rule or arbitrary?


Word meaning “someone who is good with large numbers”

one word for someone who can make sense out of numbers or data


How do the tenses and aspects in English correspond temporally to one another?


When to use the gerund form of a verb after "to"?


Is there some rule against ending a sentence with the contraction "it's"?


Well vs good........proper vs conversational

"I'm well" vs. "I'm good" vs. "I'm doing well", etc


Is there an apostrophe in "number of years experience?"

Should “two weeks vacation” be written “two weeks’ vacation” with a possessive apostrophe?


Is there a common or well understood word for 'a group with no shared members'?

Word for two collections that do not have any elements in common


Alternatives to "Sleep in the bed you made"

How to say "You have this much work to do because you decided to do that much" more elegantly?


Can one explain the different distributions of the Saxon and the analytic (Norman) (periphrastic, 'of') genitive


What is the correct way to write the word "back-end"?


How do you handle "that that"? The double "that" problem


What's that word where one is so absorbed into the environment around them?

Single word for "going along with the crowd"


What's the difference between "discuss" and "debate" and "argue"?

What's the difference between "debate" and "argument"?


What does "do" mean in "They really do exist"?

Difference between "did + verb" and just "verb+ed"


Word for feeling extremely embarrassed for someone else

What is the word for the emotion I feel when I see someone being humiliated?


I've just bought vs. I just bought vs. I bought

Present perfect for past action with present effect


"Whether" or "if" in this context: "I wonder *if/whether* I will ever see this again"


How to decide whether to use 'that' or 'which'?

When to use “that” and when to use “which”, especially in relative clauses


"A number of students" vs. "the number of students"


What’s the rule for using “who” and “whom” correctly?


Why are salons which serve both genders called Unisex Salons?


Are periods placed inside quotes, or outside?

How should I punctuate around quotes where the punctuation required by the quote interferes with the punctuation of the sentence?


Which words can describe people who know mediocre level on everything

Is there a word for describing people who know many things but superficially?


What is the difference between "lay" and "lie"?


What do you call a person who uses the required amount of resources?

What is a word for a person who uses resources to the maximum?


A word for "intimate friends" without any kind of romance?


"Holmby hall" or "The Holmby Hall", does the hall have to be capital in either of them?

When is it correct to use upper case letters for nouns that may only be unique in a given context?


'In the Fox Theater' or 'In the Fox theater' or 'In The Fox Theater'


Are collective nouns always plural, or are certain ones singular?


No need for an auxiliary verb in a sentence with 'related to'?

passive Vs active or omission of 'which is'


Is "considering stealing" grammatically correct?

Can a sentence have two ing-verbs in a row?


What should be the correct form of 'be' verb in the following sentence?


Is the comma usage proper in this sentence?


What's the difference between "subject to" and "subjected to" in contracts?

"To be subject to" vs. "to be subjected to"


"Continuously" vs "continually": What's the difference?


What part of speech does “here” have in “I am here”?


What is the meaning of "it was to this"?

"It is ___ that/who + verb." pleonasm vs. "___ + verb."


Using 'a' or 'an' before a word that started with 'H'

When should I use "a" versus "an" in front of a word beginning with the letter h?


Possessive for Name Ending in Apostrophe

English possessive for a name that ends in an apostrophe (in this case, in transliterated Ukrainian)?


"XYZ caterers is.." or "XYZ caterers are.."?


How to distinguish between uses of words like 'Marry'?


One or two possessive apostrophes for two subjects with different possession

Third-Person Possessive Pronouns in Dual Possessives


1607 writ by Edward Coke - Relative pronouns?

Why does legal English sometimes repeat the antecedent noun after "which"?


How would I use apostrophe for nonplurals?

What is the correct possessive for nouns ending in "‑s"?


What is the word for someone who doesn’t follow the laws and governmental powers of their country

What is the word or term used to describe a person who intentionally ignores a rule/regulation/order


How do the tenses and aspects in English correspond temporally to one another?


What tense to use when reporting something which has never been true or never happened?


Can we call a person who loses things a "loser"?


Rules for the usage of "me" VS. "myself"?


How to order food that is hot (temperature) but not hot (amount of capsaicin)?

How to say that food is hot (temperature) without the listener thinking that I mean "spicy"?


what do you call a person who repeats the same mistakes over and over again?

Someone who doesn't learn from the mistakes he made


How can I refer to the population of a town keeping the name of the town?


Nuances in variants of “I should/would/∅ think so”


Genitive of Sunrise: Sunrise' or Sunrise's


"Pending" vs "Impending". Are they synonyms?


Can the name of a country be considered a plural noun, as a collective of e.g. its citizens?

Are collective nouns always plural, or are certain ones singular?


On the Making of Decisions—Compound, Hyphen, or Space?

When should compound words be written as one word, with hyphens, or with spaces?


Are there any simple rules for choosing the definite vs. indefinite (vs. none) article?


How does one know when to use a gerund or an infinitive?


Origin of "Caught between a rock and a hard place"

expression "caught between a rock and a hard place"


Is cafe an English word or a misspelling of café?

Should you always use the accent in foreign words like "résumé"?


Possessive apostrophe for words ending in "s"

Which singular names ending in “s” form possessives with only a bare apostrophe?


Would you say 'yes, neither do I' / 'yes, me neither'?

"Who wants ice-cream?" — Should I say "(not) I" or "(not) me"?


Why do people use the term "six figure sum" to mean "at least one million dollars"?

"Jane makes over six figures" - how much money does she make?


What does "all the more" mean and how is it used?


Why is there no consistency in the plural forms of words ending on an "f" (e.g. safe, roof, dwarf, etc.)?


What’s the rule for using “who” and “whom” correctly?


Simple past or Present Perfect with “this week”

Present perfect or past simple - "the best movie I (saw/'ve seen) this year"


A word or term to describe someone who likes to make people look stupid

What is the term for accusing a person of mischief through invented, twisting and changeable terminology?


Word to describe people in internet thinking very same, using same websites, reading same resources

Word for a group of "like-minded" people


Is there a word to describe a person who is always curious?

Better way of saying "those who are curious"?


What can be the full synonym for "fitness enthusiast"?

What do we call people who go to the gym?


What is the word for accepting help from someone else, not by merit, but because they know you?

Word for when someone gets into a job/role due to being related to someone


Is there one word for "selfless to a fault"

Word to describe "a person who is only wishful to help others and cares little about themself"?


usage of "is all" in a sentence from Hemingway


Two questions in one sentence (embedded question)

Changing subject and verb positions in statements and questions


Are there regional distinctions in how hiccup/hiccough is spelled?


Looking for a word - thing that wastes a lot of time

English equivalent for the Persian idiom "send someone out in pursuit of black chickpeas"


What is it called when a non-verb is used as a verb?


Placement of "only" word in the sentence


Grammatical rules pertaining to 'number shifts'

Subject/Complement Agreement. How to describe problem with "The thing is the objects."


hypothetically speaking vs theoretically speaking

"hypothetically speaking" vs "theoretically speaking"


How should I punctuate around quotes where the punctuation required by the quote interferes with the punctuation of the sentence?


What is the correct way to use infinitive after the verb "help": with or without "to"?


Is there something or There is something?

Correctness of questions without inversion, relying on intonation


A word that describes "when people start using large words in ways that only themselves can understand"

Is there an English word meaning "the use of uncommon words"?


What is the correct possessive for nouns ending in "‑s"?


What is term for person who dismisses your side of opinion

Term for a person who is extremely dismissive


Somewhere, somewhat, somehow, some...day?


Appropriate management and supervision of tourism centers "is" or "are" essential?

Agreement With Compound Subjects Joined by And


What is the purpose of using the word "why" in "why, thank you"?


"Heard me [infinitive]" vs. "heard me [present participle]"


Is the usage of 'this' correct in this sentence?


Can "Mrs" be used before the name of a spouse who keeps her maiden surname?


Definite article before schools, colleges, and universities


What is the proper way to write the plural of a single letter? (another apostrophe question)


What is the difference between "Human brain" and "Human's brain"

Why do we say a "hotel room" and not a "hotel's room"?


What is the name of a small unluxurious restaurant?


Why are there 3 different ways to pronounce "oo"?


Advanced rules for shortening relative clauses with a participle?


Why is the passive form "He was determined" used in this sentence?

How can I reliably and accurately identify the passive voice in writing or speech?


Why do Americans use 'them' in awkward sentence?


Capitalize common noun when it follows a list of proper nouns?


Why is a singular verb "is" used after "One-third of the population" while a plural verb "live" is used after "70 percent of the population"?

Does a percentage quantity take singular or plural verb agreement?


Word to describe a person of planet earth?


Is there an idiom/phrase for the situation where people hang out in a foyer saying goodbye, but not leaving?

Is there an English phrase for an inability to actually *leave* already?


What's the verb form of 'deadbeat' in English?

A verb phrase that describes someone that doesn't pay their debt


Is there a word for someone who tied a game akin to "winner" and "loser"?


"What he is looking for are books" or "...is books"?


A secondary, possibly incorrect usage of “offline”?


Etymology of "boy" as an exclamation/interjection

Origin of "man!", "(oh) boy!", and "oh brother"


Addressing several doctors in a salutation

Salutation for two doctors (not married)


Is it correct to use "their" when referring to a single person when the gender is known?

Is there a correct gender-neutral singular pronoun ("his" vs. "her" vs. "their")?


Is the use of the word "cracker" as a racial slur so common that it cannot safely be used to refer to certain hackers?

Where does the term Cracker come from, and how disparaging is it?


Is this ironic? and if not what is it called?

What word means what many people think 'ironic' means?


How do the tenses and aspects in English correspond temporally to one another?


Why is "ask" sometimes pronounced "aks"?


Why is the word 'number' abbreviated to 'No.' in UK English and '#' in American English?


have or has following "something and something"

"...my passion for teaching and my knowledge of the English language makes me" or "...make me..."?


Is "Have you some water?" a grammatically correct sentence?


Why is the same modal auxiliary, 'may/might' used to ask permission and for uncertainty?


Why is "union" an exception to the "a/an" rule?


Are collective nouns always plural, or are certain ones singular?


Why do we say "[expletive] ALL" for "nothing"?


"I am done" or "I have finished" or "I am finished" or "I finish"


I am searching for a word or phrase that describes reflected light, dancing light etc

English equivalent of komorebi (木漏れ日) — "sunshine filtering through leaves"


Historical grammatically of “Do not go gentle into that good night”?

Can "real" be used as an adverb to describe an adjective?


The hidden flaw in "singular they"—what to do about reflexive pronouns?


Is it acceptable to use "is become" instead of "has become"?


"there doesn't seem" vs. "there don't seem"


What is the difference between "around" and "round"?


A word meaning a choice made for self advantage

What is a word for someone without allegiance?


How do i define short decades for 2000 and 2010?

What is the name of the first decade in a century?


Is there a grammar mistake in "Ball Don't Lie"?


Is there a rule for “‑ance” vs. “‑ence”?


What is a short term for words that have more than one spelling?

Is there a word to describe words that can be spelled different ways?


Is there a name for the abbreviated syntax used in signs etc?


Shakespeare chose Hoist, why not be more grammatically correct with foist?

Why "hoist" in "Hoist with one's own petard"?


Single word between learning and mastering?

Noun for "person with intermediate skill"


Pronouns and Gender Bias // Pronoun and Antecedent Agreement

Is there a correct gender-neutral singular pronoun ("his" vs. "her" vs. "their")?


There are disagreements between/among......?


What is the English term for "unwittingly misspelling words based on their pronunciation?"

What is it called when words are deliberately spelled incorrectly but pronunciation is kept unchanged?


"[adjective] and [adjective] [noun]" -- Should the noun be singular or plural?


Is the old saying "Put a comma where you pause" a reliable way to punctuate sentences?


What is it called when you search for something on the internet and end up looking for other and it goes in endless meander?

Site hopping, non-related subjects, wasting time on the internet


“Not sure what the contact’s full name is?” vs. “Not sure what is the contact’s full name"


His politics is not good/ His politics are not good

What is the difference between a "singular noun" and a "plural noun treated as singular"?


What symbol to use for pronunciation help

Are there different types of Pronunciation Guides?


Will be closed - "closed" adjective or verb?

"He is loved", is 'loved' an adjective or a verb?


Should I use the singular or plural verb form with "one or more"?

Which is correct: "one or more is" or "one or more are"?


Why is it usually "friend of his", but no possessive apostrophe with "friend of Peter"?


An over-the-top, gauntlets-thrown, when-is-it-appropriate-to-hyphenate debate

When to use a hyphen to coin a new word and when to omit a hyphen?


Adjectives After an Object That Comes After Transitive Verb

What type of grammar construction is this


Why state verbs are seen as not having any definite beginning or end?

Is “attempt” a durative or a punctual verb?


What is the correct method to write measurements in English?


"My wife and I's seafood collaboration dinner"


Expressing your thoughts with "you" when speaking to someone

Term for the use of "you" to refer to "the hypothetical person in question"


A word that describes a person who has to fight against a more powerful opponent on a regular basis?

Term for competitor that is not the favourite


Subject predicate inversion due to negation


Future usage of "will" and "be going to"


A word to describe not fully knowing someone fully?

Are there commonly used words to denote different gradations of friendship in English?


Should the first letter in a sentence be capitalised when it starts with a lower case name?

Capitalization of names that begin lowercased, at the beginning of a sentence


The "tank" in think tank - is it a fish tank or a battle tank?

Is there evidence of "think tank" meaning "the brain"?


Plural or singular verb with this subject


Single word for thing which will never repeat in life

Word/phrase to mean something that just happens once


He has only laid down for an hour today?

Show I use "lay," "laid," or "lain" in the following passage?


Punctuation of compound predicate where the first item ends in a list?


When did it become common to 'double the conditional'?


Is it true that etymology is the leading tool to understand the correct use of words?


I threw a coin in a well that [was] or [is] in the forest


Singular or plural? into a working-class family or working-class families

Do you pluralize the singular possessions of / items or people associated with individual members of a plural group?


What one word means “unable to decide which one is correct”?

What is a word/idiom for 'unable to decide'?


Using a comma before “and we already have a toaster.”

Is it mandatory to use a comma before a coordinating conjunction uniting the two independent clauses in a compound sentence?


"My wife and I's seafood collaboration dinner"


Concise form of "remove from the list" and "add to the list" in the same sentence

How to combine in a sentence two verb–preposition pairs that have the same TWO objects?


"I'm going to help you like I promised." Good English? Informal? Only colloquially acceptable? Wrong?


One word for either Income (credit) or Expense (debit)


what's the grammar structure of "ought to"

have to / must / should / ought as applied to inanimate objects


"The _______________ passage of Time": a word that means unhalting, steady

Is there a single word for "moving unhinderedly"?


"I want to come there" or "I want to go there"


Show I use "lay," "laid," or "lain" in the following passage?


Do references to colloquial terms (or a term following A.K.A.) require quotation marks?

So, are single quotes, double quotes or italics most appropriate here?


When using symbols instead of words in writing, do I use "an" or "a" before the symbol?

What article do we use before a symbol? Is it "an @" or "a @"?


what would you call a guy everybody picks on?


Is there a correct gender-neutral singular pronoun ("his" vs. "her" vs. "their")?


How to unambiguously refer to someone from India

What would you call a person from India?


Using ordinal indicators with Roman numerals


Using two and’s in one sentence, and starting a sentence with “To”


Which is correct: "__ is different from __" or "__ is different than __"?


When a word has both English and 'Latin' plurals, which style should I use?


"A total of 0.0606 moles of NaOH was" or "were"?


Is it "Forty centuries was a long time" or "Forty centuries were a long time"?


Word, elegant phrase or slang to describe doing something merely to pass the criteria?


Is it okay to omit "to be" when using adverbs and infinitives?

"Needs cleaned" or "needs to be cleaned"


Do parenthetical statements change subject-verb agreement?

Singular or plural verb after parenthetical material containing a conjunction?


What tense should this sentence be phrased in based on the accompanying action which has taken place?

Past tense or present tense to describe something that 'happened in the past' but is still true?


What do you call someone who does good things for selfish reasons?

What do you call an 'unselfish' action made with a selfish reason?


What is the past participle of the verb to get?

Difference between "I have got" and "I have gotten"


Which of these sentences is correct? Is or Are?? simple... but I've confused myself

"All I need (is/are) cigarettes and alcohol": which one is correct?


If you haven't already watched my first video, there's a link to it in the description below. Ungrammatical?

Is "if you're not familiar with X, it is..." or "if you're not aware, X is..." correct English?


What are words for higher orders of 'quadratic'?

How do you explain cubic growth of a function


Is there a name for a word that physically sounds the same backwards and forwards?

Is there a name for a word pronounced the same backwards as forwards?


"This looks like him" or "This looks like he"?


What do you call a person who started something that is later followed by everyone?


Is it correct to use the word " learn" in this sentence or better to use " teach"?


Conundrum: "cleverer" or "more clever", "simpler" or "more simple" etc


How to write letter "K" as a full word correctly?

Is there a formal spelling for the English letter names?


Are double negatives ever appropriate in English?


"watching the television" or "watching television"?


Do I use the plural or singular form of a noun when saying "zero or one"?

Singular or plural verb after a series connected by "or"


Does a verbal noun turn back into a verb when modiﬁed by an adverb?

Should I modify a gerund using an adjective or an adverb?


"They're using a cell phone" vs. "They're using cell phones"


How can I reliably and accurately identify the passive voice in writing or speech?


The king wanted him killed VS The king wanted him to be killed

"Want it to be ready" vs. "want it ready"


Should there be a comma before a person's name midsentence when you're addressing them?


Punctuation of direct speech, edge cases


Better wording for "greedy for knowledge"

What term means "one who enjoys learning"?


What is it called when someone doesn't want to share stuff/feelings to others, even close ones, in fear of being judged?


Comma before "and" in compound sentences?


Why is "wand" not pronounced simiarly to "hand" and "sand"?

Why is the word watch pronounced differently from words like patch, latch, match, catch, and batch?


When to use "love to do something" and "love doing something"?

“I like to do (be) something” vs “I like doing (being) something”


Is “What does the woman suggest the man **do** for his vacation?” correct?

Why is this sentence correct? “She suggested that he go to the cinema.”


"Which exams is he taking?" or "Which exams are he taking?"

"What questions [is/are] your data team hoping to answer?"


Proper to add tense to acronyms, abbreviations and initialisms


What's a word or phrase for lacking the normal fear of a particular danger?


What's the opposite of “cradle-snatcher”?

What do you call a person who has a relationship with a much younger adult?


Is it good grammar to say or write "different to"?

Which is correct: "__ is different from __" or "__ is different than __"?


Should "is" or "are" be used in this sentence?

Agreement in "[Singular Noun] Is/Are [Plural Noun]"?


What does "sit in the back of the bus" mean?


"You not only couldn't fix it but even damaged it more!"

Expression that means something like "killing the sheep to keep them from being kidnapped"


I need help with quotations and punctuation

How should I punctuate around quotes where the punctuation required by the quote interferes with the punctuation of the sentence?


What do all the ways to express past events mean, and when is one better than the others?

How do the tenses and aspects in English correspond temporally to one another?


what does the phrase "a real word" mean?

What are the criteria to adopt new words into English?


Should we use IS or Are with 'Fifty meters (is, are) the length of this pool.' etc?


Do I have to put "that is" in this sentence?


In which varieties of English is 't' in 'often' silent?


The pronunciation rules of words which begin 'Com-, Col-, Cor-' or 'Con-'

The pronunciation of words which begins 'con' and 'com'


I can run faster than _____. (1) him (2) he?


What is the term for words that have changed meaning over time?


How do they express the time, in American and British English?


How do you proceed from pronouncing "t" in the regular way to t-glottalization, as found in various English accents?


Whats another word for someone perceptive?

What's a word to describe someone who thinks quick?


Central Pennsylvanian English speakers: what are the limitations on the "needs washed" construction?


Determiners in English sentence vs. plurals, singulars and zero determiners. Is it ok to say?

Are there any simple rules for choosing the definite vs. indefinite (vs. none) article?


Word for acknowledging all sides to an argument?

Word for seeing both sides of an argument


Are there rules about using "that" to join two clauses?


When should I use "a" versus "an" in front of a word beginning with the letter h?


Difference between had survived, has survived and survived

How do the tenses and aspects in English correspond temporally to one another?


Looking for a phrase: a needlessly overcomplicated method of accomplishing a simple task

What's an idiom for doing something in an unnecessarily complicated way?


Why do not we ask negative questions without a contraction on the not after the verb?


Is there a word for describing people who know many things but superficially?

What is the word for a person who does different jobs?


"Should be done by" or "should have been done by"?


Single word for a person who is addicted of using internet

What do you call a person who is always online on the Internet?


What to use?: Infinitive, bare infinitive or gerund as a complement after an expression

“All you have to do is read” vs. “All you have to do is to read”


When did "species" become the word for both the singular and plural?

How can I distinguish between the singular and plural of "species"?


"Stay in touch in case you will" — possible?


Term for self-serving behavior disguised as altruism?

What do you call an 'unselfish' action made with a selfish reason?


What is the correct possessive for nouns ending in "‑s"?


How can empathy be distinguished from sympathy?


"Biweekly", "bimonthly", "biannual", and "bicentennial"


Word for a person with a negative attitude


How to pronounce fractions with denominators larger than 20 where the last digit of the denominator is 1 or 2? eg 4/31

How to say fractions like "7/8" or "546/823"


When a word has both English and 'Latin' plurals, which style should I use?


Is it grammatically correct to start a sentence with the word "request", used as a verb?

Why is the subject omitted in sentences like "Thought you'd never ask"?


Are collective nouns always plural, or are certain ones singular?


How do American English and British English use the definite article differently?


"Czar" vs "tsar" - origins and pronunciation


Is this phrase past tense or present tense?


Is there a reason behind the ordering of letters in the English alphabet?


How do you know if a derivative word is actually an English word?

What are the criteria to adopt new words into English?


What do you call a person who appears to be oblivious to their ignorance?

Describe a fallacious opinion regarding one's own ability


Do I need to use gerund after the "it wasn't until..." structure?

'Should've seen it glow' or 'should've seen it glowing'?


A word for "somebody who is sponsored"? Sponsee?


Is "Are" always used with plural verbs/nouns?

Is "there're" (similar to "there's") a correct contraction?


What is an English word for when a problem requires a solution to solve and reach that same solution?

Term to describe when one event cannot occur without the other


Plurals: Is it live or lives and Is it work or works in this example?


Strunk and White says "Charles's" is correct -- is this still the case?


Confused about the answer for "Neither the employees nor the owner (cares/care) about the customer."

What's the error in "Either he or I is right"?


"Provide you with something" vs "Provide you something"?


Why are "quite few" and "quite a few" opposites?


"That is the lady (which / that / who / whom) I told you about." Which is correct?


Word for "the entire back part of the body"?


Geological/Geographical term for the point where different waters meet/conflux?

A word to describe the point of land at the confluence of two rivers?


Is "two-thirds" or "two thirds" correct?

Fractions as phrasal (compound) adjectives


Use of reflexive pronoun (you or yourself)?

When is it correct to use "yourself" and "myself" (versus "you" and "me")?


What’s the difference between "I have known her since/for a long time"?

Proper usage of "since" and "from" with regard to duration of time


Why so many words in English are pronounced different from their spelling?

Why does English spelling use silent letters?


I like dog or I like dogs which is correct and why?


Specifying geography with cardinal directions

Meaning of " ‘Western’ world" and alternative terms


How do the tenses and aspects in English correspond temporally to one another?


A word to describe low cost solutions that work well but lack aesthetics

What can be used as formal euphemism of "hack"?


Might the use of the word "where" be inapt in these three sentences?

“situation where” vs. “situation in which”


"...programs that each perform..." vs "...programs that each performs...": which is correct?


Can a singular or plural verb ("is" or "are") be used when the subject is a coordination?


"As has been seen/shown/etc": What kind of grammatical category does it belong to?

Where is the subject in "as was traditional for unmarried women"?


Adverb order: 'has largely been' or 'has been largely'

Where to place 'only' relative to prepositions?


puzzled in one part of speech known as "adverb"


Which is correct? "Did you know?" or "Do you know?"


Are there rules about using "that" to join two clauses?


Have written and wrote. They mean the same thing?


Suggest a word for teenish for my teen-ish fantasy


What's the name of the fallacy for using "localised" examples to suggest a "systemic" problem?

Technical term for associating a group with the actions of a few


How would you name somebody that ignores something just because it's more comfortable or in their interest not to know it?

Is there a word that means deliberately ignorant, choosing to ignore?


difference between conjunctions "but" and "however"

Correct use of "but", "however" and "although"


What is the word to describe a (fully competent) translator's inability to translate the exact sense?

What would you call a word that doesn't exist in or translate well into another language?


What is the proper pronunciation of "kitten?"


What goes better with "first" -- "second" or "secondly"?


Life is mysterious to take too serious/seriously?

Why is it "to take someone seriously" and not "to take someone serious"?


Should I use a semicolon or a colon in the following case?

Colon vs. Semicolon? "Lydia's father is a master chef;/: he oversees the kitchen at a five-star restaurant."


What is a single word for someone who is easily discouraged?

How can you describe someone who gives up too easily?


What is the meaning of "far from inevitable"?

"Is far from..." - How do I connote the simile, without the literal connotation?


Is there a word that means "to give off an odor" (a non-stinky one)?

What is the opposite of "to stink" (v)? Is there one at all?


"Doing such stunts ARE punishable" or "Doing such stunts IS punishable"?

Making adult decisions "is" or "are" really not fun: Which is correct?


Is there a word or expression for someone who knows various things, a little bit of everything, but is not specialised in anything?

Is there a word for describing people who know many things but superficially?


Regarding the usage of future perfect tense

When should I use "Would",  "Would have", "Will", and "Will have"?


Would it be grammatically correct to say "You're" instead of "You are"?

Is it okay to say "Yes you're." instead of "Yes you are."?


Why is it "don't you dare", but not "do not you dare" or "don't/doesn't he/she/him/her dare"?


What does this mean: "Why would that be the case?"


In which grammatical number should the first word in a compound be?


Can someone give me more insight between the difference of 'Contrast' and 'Compare'?

Is there a word that describes both "comparing" and "contrasting"?


Is using "Sirs" when addressing a group of men incorrect?


why is it okay to use "is" in front of "interested"

Why do some words in the simple present end in -ed


Proper noun capitalisation: “The Union” or “the Union”?

Capitalizing "the" when mid-sentence in a company name?


Present Perfect vs. Present Perfect Progressive

Is there any difference between Present Perfect and Present Perfect Continuous?


Verb for getting something (e.g. information) by cunning and/or perseverance

A verb for when we actively extract information from others?


Can anyone prove this sentence is in the passive voice?

How can I reliably and accurately identify the passive voice in writing or speech?


A phrase to describe when a person is faced with 'a tough decision'?

Idiomatic expression for a difficult choice


One word for a person who repeats the same issue over and over again

What's the English equivalent of "Drilling one's head"?


Alternative word to describe 'pigeon-holing' someone to win an argument

Word for dismissing someone's opinions as racist, liberal, etc, instead of debating back


What should be used 'related to' or 'related with' [cell programming]?

When do you use "relate to" versus "relate with"?


One word that conveys stability, unchanging terms, and word of honor in a local context


What does it mean: A utility hookup or work order dated within 60 days before registration?

"Within" and "in" when referring to time


Design a question (addressing the chronological order involved) which is answered by say 'Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States'

Framing a question whose answer is an ordinal number


"I never once proclaimed that killing is ethical" vs "I never once proclaimed that killing was ethical"


Do we capitalize the word that comes after a number?

Should I capitalise the first letter when a sentence starts with a number?


Word that means not being upfront about your intentions in the beginning of your stated goals

What is a word for deliberate dismissal of some facts?


Why is there a space in the bowdlerised "L– ." in Jane Eyre?

Why are place names in some old books a capital letter followed by dashes, and what is this phenomenon called?


Non-finite clause complementation of complex transitive verbs


"I hope that my search ends now" or "I hope my search ends now"?

Are there rules about using "that" to join two clauses?


Cocktail of chemical compounds robustly promoting cell reprogramming protects liver against acute injury

When to use “that” and when to use “which”, especially in relative clauses


Does a percentage quantity take singular or plural verb agreement?


Does the next word after a colon have to be capitalized?

Should the first word after a colon be capitalized?


What do you call a **person** who is capable of doing anything and everything, humanly possible?

What is another word for 'all round' capabilities?


'Come on, it's time to go home' here home is an adverb or noun?

'Home' in 'Ben and Jen went home.' Can an adverb be a noun at the same time?


Is it 'can you please send me the the files?' or 'please can you send me the files?'

What is the correct positioning of "Please" in a sentence or indeed is there one?


How to express in physics if some value depends on a variable? Dependence, or dependency? And what about the plural?


I'm asking only because or i'm only asking because- what would be the proper or better sounding version


What is the scientific name to humour that is based on surprise

Is there a name for this type of sentence structure: "She looks as though she's been poured into her clothes, and forgot to say 'when'"?


What's the word for "believing one is the center of the universe"?


Is there a standard ordering for the question mark and the exclamation mark used together?


What's the difference between legal (illegal) and lawful (unlawful)?

What is the difference between illegal and unlawful?


Period usage when abbreviating at the end of a sentence

In which cases is a comma/period placed inside or outside of parentheses?


What part of speech is "there", as in "...there could be"

What part of speech is “there” when used in “There is (blah blah)”?


What is the correct possessive for nouns ending in "‑s"?


Agreement With Compound Subjects Joined by And


Request for a scholarly reference for the correct usage of the English indefinite article (a/an).

A good and exhaustive book for English grammar


What is the term called for writing in present tense even though the text is in past tense?

To tell the name of a person I met in the past


Is the word 'group' singular or plural in sentence: "My group of tenth-graders is/are so well behaved?"


Word for "the state of having eaten spicy food"

One word/phrase to describe the reaction when you eat a very spicy-hot food


would you ask someone to drive safe or to drive safely?

Which is correct: "drive safe" or "drive safely"?


Is it okay to say "easier" after a verb?


Is there a word for a person who has lost their sibling?

Analogue of "orphan" for someone who's lost their siblings


Technically, would the contraction "I'm" be a sentence?

Can you contract the main verb '[I] have' in a sentence?


What does "it" refer to in "it's raining"?


When should the word "God" be capitalized?


What is the difference between "could've" and "could of"?


Possessive apostrophe at end of an acronym that ends in S

Proper Apostrophe Usage with Initialisms: CCS' or CCS's?


Can I say ... “This quote is so accurate to them..”?


Looking for a word like "eulogy", but for a person that has not died?


"I am done" or "I have finished" or "I am finished" or "I finish"


How do the tenses and aspects in English correspond temporally to one another?


Using a comma after "but" as done on W4 form

If you're starting a sentence with "and" or another conjunction, must you follow the conjunction with a comma?


A period between an abbreviation and other punctuation?


What is the history of adding the a- prefix to form words?


"He put on the shelf a box" -- can this be considered correct?


I can run faster than _____. (1) him (2) he?


how do you describe someone who enjoys intellectual arguments?


Office Word "Concise Language" Recommendation


What is it called when a word no longer literally describes something?


How to determine if a noun is a place or a thing


What do you call a '>' relation between two unknowns?

Inequality vs. Inequation, Equation vs. Equality


Do I ever hyphenate adverbs when used with "based"?

"You should be well-organised" or "You should be well organised"?


Phrase meaning an evolving chain of tasks

Is there a term for solving a sub-sub problem of a problem so far removed from the main problem the link is not clear?


Why is it correct to say "fewer calories" when calories are continuous?


Is this sentence grammatically correct ? Can 'a / an' follows 'are'?

Agreement of verb 'to be' and a singular noun after a plural noun


When are "because", "since","for" and "as" interchangeable?


Term for extended alliteration - a specific form of assonance

What is the term for repetition of an initial syllable in successive words?


What form of the verb is used with compound subjects containing "or"?


"A manual written to help students to understand the module"

What is the correct way to use infinitive after the verb "help": with or without "to"?


Why do you only conjugate the first verb?

Non-finite clause complementation of complex transitive verbs


"Have you ever gone to Europe?" is corect?

What is the difference between "I've been to China" and "I've gone to China"?


Two close prepositions; how do you not end with one?

When is it appropriate to end a sentence in a preposition?


Question about a single event with a plural ending


When a list includes both people and things do you use "who" or "that" when referring to these common nouns?

Should I use "who" or "that" when referring to an organisation?


Are stingrays' barbs poisonous of venomous?

Is a snake's venom poisonous (or venomous)?


Why doesn't "need" take a "to" infinitive in some cases?

Why use "need not" instead of "do not need to"?


Is there any difference between the following two forms?

Comparing negatives: "she seems not to know" vs. "she doesn't seem to know"


How do you casually describe in English a possession of thing(s) belonging to/shared by two people?

"My wife and I's seafood collaboration dinner"


What is the music in the back of a song called?

What do you call all the pieces of a song minus the lyrics


Are collective nouns always plural, or are certain ones singular?


The meaning of "for" after the colon mark

When are "because", "since","for" and "as" interchangeable?


Why is this sentence correct? “She suggested that he go to the cinema.”


Apostrophe on Proper Nouns that end in -s. “Louis's” vs “Louis’ '’?

Which singular names ending in “s” form possessives with only a bare apostrophe?


What do missing an Oxford comma and having it mean respectively here?


Ambiguity in meaning of experiential pseudo-passive and causative


Singular or plural verb after a list with multiple "every"s?


Using capital case on every word of a title

Which words in a title should be capitalized?


what is difference between the two comparative adjectives while used in the same sentence?


What word can I use to describe a relationship between one person and their half-sibling's half-sibling?

A word for someone who you share a half-sibling with


What is the origin of using '-wise' as a suffix?

When is it correct to use the "-wise" suffix?


what does "are organized" mean in this sentence?

Why are news headlines in present tense if they refer to past events?


Is there any difference between "crenellations" and "battlements"?


Which is correct: The rest of the staff is or are? The rest of my family is or are?


Using "will have" with the past participle

How do the tenses and aspects in English correspond temporally to one another?


What does "Have fun with 'em homies" mean?


Why can't you use the word "me" before a proper noun?


Should we write “allow” or ”allows” in “require that the class allow[s]”?

Why is this sentence correct? “She suggested that he go to the cinema.”


Surname plural, Wolf becomes The Wolves?


What do you call a piece of dead skin next to your nail bed?

Etymology of "quick" of a fingernail, as in "cut to the quick"


"More clear" vs "Clearer": when to use "more" instead of "-er"?


"Notes from my heart", what do you call these writings in English?

Is there any word for "small hand written note/letter" in English?


Separate vs. joined words (hyphen or not)

When should compound words be written as one word, with hyphens, or with spaces?


What are the fourth and fifth levels in this context?

Is there a system for creating words for ordinal numbers?


"Happy for you are improving"—grammatically correct?

Are there rules about using "that" to join two clauses?


"To have a dinner" vs "to have dinner": which one is correct?


How do you make the possessive form with "He and I"-style subjects?


A number of questions "has been" or "have been" asked?


What do you call your grand-father's brother? (grand- v great-)

Why is it "grandfather", but "great-uncle"?


What’s the rule for using “who” and “whom” correctly?


Is this phrase "2- or 4-person" correct?

Use of hyphens when writing repeated compound words that have common parts


Is it correct to use "their" instead of "his or her"?


What do first, second, and third person perspective mean? Why are they so called?


Present perfect for past action with present effect


Word for when something turns out to be the opposite of what you believed?

Word that means "the opposite of what you would expect"


Using "now" when talking about past events

Can we use "Now" (not until now or until then) in past tense sentences


What is the meaning of "I have attitude"?

What does it mean when someone say "you have attitude"?


Are the hyphens necessary in "hard-to-find" or can they go without?

When should compound words be written as one word, with hyphens, or with spaces?


Which of “press” or “depress” the enter key is the more correct choice?

Why is the term "depressed" often used to describe a button which is pressed?


Why add extra space between a word and punctuation (e.g. a period, question mark, etc.)?

Is it ever correct to have a space before a question or exclamation mark?


Apostrophe with Singular Proper Noun made up on Plural Word

What is the correct possessive for nouns ending in "‑s"?


"More clear" vs "Clearer": when to use "more" instead of "-er"?


Possessive case for a certain proper noun - ss apostrophe

Which singular names ending in “s” form possessives with only a bare apostrophe?


Where does the phrase "balls to the wall" come from?


Word/phrase for importance being reduced


'The company I work for' cannot be shortened to 'My company'?

How to say "She/He is my girlfriend/boyfriend" without the possessive "my"


Use of comma following prepositional phrase


How do definitions of words imbue meaning?


Who, the subject or the object of the main clause, does the subject pronoun of a subordinate clause refer to?


Why is "His theory got disproved" bad English?


I hope you enjoyed/have enjoyed staying in Italy

How do the tenses and aspects in English correspond temporally to one another?


What is the analog equivalent of 'digitally'?


How to express happiness on someone's failure?

An idiom for deriving pleasure from another's suffering


Can “however” be used in middle of a single clause?

Placing however at the start of a sentence vs placing it in the middle of a sentence?


Is there a way to ask the ordinal number value in English without sounding weird?

How should I phrase a question that must be answered with an ordinal number (e.g., the third prime)?


What's the point in saying "I could care less"?

Which is correct: "could care less" or "couldn't care less"?


Why is Gilt a word when we have Gilded? Is this town big enough for the both of them?

Why do some words have two past tense forms (e.g. "dreamed" vs. "dreamt")?


"He stayed here only for two days." or "He stayed here for only two days."?


Can "backup" be used as a verb in the context of data management?


Is "that" necessary in the following case?


What is a term for sentences that are grammatically correct but carry no meaning of their own?

Can there be a better word for commonplace observations?


Looking for a better phrase than "caught up in the minutiae"

Phrase for focusing on unimportant details


Which is correct, "neither is" or "neither are"?


What is the basis for calling HOME a preposition?

Difference between 'went home' and 'went to home'


Is there a difference between 'They all had done something' and 'They had all done something'?

Which is preferable: "We are all..." or "We all are..."?


what does "Google to pay Apple $12B to remain Safari's default search." mean?

What does "To" mean in a newspaper headline?


I could see them run towards the shop; I could see them running towards the shop

"Heard me [infinitive]" vs. "heard me [present participle]"


About Lovecraft's style to start a sentence with 'For'

Using 'for' as a coordinating conjunction at the beginning of a sentence – is this acceptable?


Analogue to appending "s" to the end of an acronym when plural does not have an "s"

What is the plural of the abbreviation of "multiplicity automaton", "MA" or "MAs"?


Is there an idiom/phrase that describes the act of trying to fix something unfixable?

Idiom that means trying to save something that is beyond saving


What do we call "down" in this sentence?

What part of speech is "down" in "Put your pencils down"?


Only through struggles (you can OR can you) solve this problem. Which order is the correct?


"behind the open door are hidden several differences". Is this grammatically correct? (Inversion+adverbial phrase of location+be verb)


Where to use 'historic' and where to use 'historical'


When you learn a word and then recognize it

What is the term for when you become more aware of something?


"Infer" vs. "imply" — can "infer" imply "imply"?


What type of phrase is the highlighted part in the following sentence?


A mathematics career but a journalist-ic career?


Name for "filler" words that potentially convey lack of self confidence


Waiting for a girl like you vs. Waiting for a girl such as you


Which is right: "In one of the computers" or "On one of the computers"?


What do you call someone who is not materialistic?


"What this thing was" vs "what was this thing"

Why do we say "is it" when asking a question rather than "it is"?


Word for a type of question that's founded on a misunderstanding of a concept?

What's the term for fallaciously including an assumption in a question?


Is it proper to start a sentence with an Arabic numeral?


Why do not people use subject and am,is,are in social media?

Why is the subject omitted in sentences like "Thought you'd never ask"?


Confusion about what the pronoun refers to


How do you tell a spelling mistake from a grammar mistake?


"looking forward to being". Is this correct?


What happened to the “‑est” and “‑eth” verb suffixes in English?


Word when two people use two different languages in a conversation

A conversation between 2 persons in two different languages


Why are some initialisms sometimes spelled with a slash? E.g. O/S for Operating System


"Ph" for the /f/ sound; Is Old English responsible for this swap?


“There is a bed, two chairs and a table in the bedroom”

"There Is"/"There are" depends on plurality of the first list element or not?


Is there a name for the expression "the end justifies the means?"


What is a word that describes cities, towns, and villages?

Generic name for places like village, town and cities


"The one who wants" vs. "the one who want"


Is it wrong to use use contractions of have when not for the purpose of forming a past tense sentence?

Is it appropriate to use short form of "have" ('ve) when it means possession?


Why is the phrase "why am I not" abbreviated "why aren't I" (i.e. a complete replacement of the verb)?


'Alert whomever may read' - should it be 'whoever'?

Whoever or whomever: 'happy for ___ has the pleasure of working with you next.'


Framing a question whose answer is an ordinal number


Is there a word spelled with a silent B at the start?


Making adult decisions "is" or "are" really not fun: Which is correct?


Term for group of guys attempting to show who is alpha?


Which is the correct? A universally or an universally?


What is the proper way to claim something as your and someone elses?

"My wife and I's seafood collaboration dinner"


Can we say "Albert’s birthday is on next Saturday"?


Can anyone provide me with a list of English words that are their own antonyms?


Are there English contrepèteries apart from this one ?


"If you don't do it, I'll". Why does that sentence feel so awkward?


Is there any rule about splitting phrasal verbs?


Word for opposite of boss that is not pejorative?


Etymology of "between a rock and hard place"

expression "caught between a rock and a hard place"


Is there a word to describe someone who over responds to the judgement of others?

Single word to describe someone who is overly sensitive


wish sentence with past perfect ... before going

Is it correct to say 'I wish some magic happens'?


What do you call a person who keeps talking about art; studies art, criticizes art, and thinks he'd be amazing with it. But he doesn't practice it


Can someone clear up my confusion regarding who vs. whom?

What’s the rule for using “who” and “whom” correctly?


What to say when someone's answer is not related to our question or at least we think it's not?

What do you call a response which does not address the question?


What's the equivalent to "typo" in handwritten texts?


How to answer “who is singing over there?

"Who wants ice-cream?" — Should I say "(not) I" or "(not) me"?


Someone who speaks very little but uses precise and direct words in short sentences

A word that means "of few words" or "without words"


Is there a name for the process of patterning new words after old ones in ways that don't respect their original etymology?

Term for words like Snowmageddon, Nipplegate and even cheeseburger?


"Which" vs. "what" — what's the difference and when should you use one or the other?


Part of speech for qualifying adjective which takes NP outside normal domain of noun it modifies

Term for things like "naughty step" where the step is not what is naughty


Is the short-e pronounced as [e] or [ɛ] in standard English?


Why are both the zero and definite articles used with these phrases?

Why do newspaper headlines use strange syntax rules?


Possessive pronoun/object pronoun + Gerund

When is a gerund supposed to be preceded by a possessive adjective/determiner?


I am so confused by, for example, "People love their life or lives."


What is the story behind "a-" prefix / suffix?


How does parenthesis affect grammar, would it be "a (incorrect) report" or "an (incorrect) report?"

"A/An" preceding a parenthetical statement


What is an appropriate word that describes someone who gets others to do things when they could easily do them themselves?

Is there a word for someone who has others do all their work for them?


Is it proper English to say:" All you need are Rita, George and a Schnauzer"?

Correct usage for "all you need is/are..."


Why don't we double the final consonant in the word cooking


Why we don't add "s" to the verb in this sentence?

Why is this sentence correct? “She suggested that he go to the cinema.”


correct usage of word related and relating


Weird situation - using quotes as nouns and making them plural (APA format)


Meaning of "however" in "possible, however unlikely, ..."


When is the omission of relative pronouns acceptable?

Are there rules about using "that" to join two clauses?


What is the best way to write a plural of a plural?


Correct way to write this compound possessive?

"Nikki's and Alice's X" vs. "Nikki and Alice's X"


Is there a term for the phenomenon where the same word forms more than one part of speech?


How to pronounce /æ/ in American English?

Does æ differ or not (American English)?


What is the accepted stance on using "they" in a singular form?


Gay and straight are to sexual orientation as transgender and cisgender are to ______?

Is there a name for the category containing the words trans and cis?


Which one is correct "Can I please call in few minutes" or "May I please call in few minutes"?

Do serious grammarians endorse the "Can I"/"May I" distinction?


QA vs QAs (a group of people that perform quality assurance)

What is the correct way to pluralize an initialism in which the final word is not pluralized by adding the letter "s"?


The page that opens vs The page that is opened

The files are "ready to download" or "ready to be downloaded"?


Is there a word for taking action on someone else's behalf against their judgement

What do you call someone who acts and thinks it is helpful, even though they do not know the context of what is going on?


What should be the correct auxiliary verb, did or do?

Should “If I ever had a philosophy” be in the past perfect?


Is it proper to describe a noun using an apostrophe?

Using contracted forms ("don't", "let's") in a formal text


Is there a correct gender-neutral singular pronoun ("his" vs. "her" vs. "their")?


Word for the act one does with one's hand when shooing someone/something

Is the verb for this gesture "wave off?"


Are there any simple rules for choosing the definite vs. indefinite (vs. none) article?


Is there a word or adjective to describe an unnecessary correction?

Is there an academic word that means "to split hairs over"?


Word for when someone says they are good at something they know they are terrible at doing

What is a word or phrase for someone who professes to know something but actually doesn't?


What is the origins of the phrase “on the lam”?

Where does the phrase "on the lam" come from?


What is the relationship called between a word and something/someone that does/performs that word?

Is there a term for a noun that is the "-er" form of a verb?


Single word request: something does not disconfirm the superiority of the most widely used practice

Neutral alternative to "deny" to mean "assert the untruth [of a claim]"


Is the following usage of the verb "be" correct? Why do people keep telling me it's wrong?

"There is a plethora..." or "There are a plethora..."?


Does the if clause modify "I will play the violin" even though the clauses are not next to each other?


Word to describe a person who can express their thought accurately in words?

Is there a single word for “one who explains his point of view very clearly”?


Is there an idiom/phrase/word that means snubbing /ending contact with someone after you've used them as much as you can to your benefit?

Idiom or expression criticizing people who ignore you right after getting what they wanted/ were after


"They're using a cell phone" vs. "They're using cell phones"


Is it acceptable to use "Just wondering" as a question?


Taken from UK Teachers' Standards: "Plan and teach well structured lessons"

"You should be well-organised" or "You should be well organised"?


Does English allow a zero copula in subordinate clauses?


Where did the use of the conjunction "So,..." at the beginning of a reply come from?

When did the word "so" begin to be used to start a sentence?


Is personal pronoun followed with "verb+ing" grammatically correct?

Is "me trying to do [something]" grammatical?


What is the best word to describe the feeling of being nervous, intimidated, excited etc which may be felt upon meeting a person you greatly admire?

A word that means stage-fright, but for a person?


What's the proper pluralization of this linking verb? Did I violate the subject-verb agreement law?


Is "who" used correctly in the sentence "Or he's a supernatural demon designed to torture people, who got offered his dream job"?

Relative Pronouns are ALWAYS added right after antecedent?


What is the difference between "Look who has decided to show up" and "Look who decided to show up"?

When is the present perfect tense used instead of the past tense?


Word/phrase/etc. to refer to that one action of constantly pointing out other people’s mistake/(so-called) flaws to their face

Word for the behavior of people who complain at everything you do


"depends upon developing" vs "depends upon development"


Meaning of the word "any" in "ineligible for any exemption"


Why isn't the word "white" capitalized when referring to the race?

Are "white" and "black" ever capitalized when referring to people?


Can “it is” always be shortened to “it’s”?

Is there an exception to the prohibition against ending a sentence with “ ’s ” at work here?


Searching for a negative idiom. Where a person sacrifices long term for small relief

Phrase for targeting surface level problems?


When can one omit "that" from a sentence?


The meaning of word "FOR" at the beginning of sentence

When are "because", "since","for" and "as" interchangeable?


"I had fallen asleep" vs "I fell asleep"


"that that"?!? how to properly express doubt about a distance object?


Question about how to use the word suicide

Difference between "commit suicide" and "suicide"


Name for a conversation where two people are talking about two things, without their knowledge

What is a word for the sensation when during a conversation you realize you were both talking about different things?


Agreement With Compound Subjects Joined by And


"Hey guys" - if theres a woman in the group of people


Rule for suffix to describe where someone is from


“Think+Noun+good luck” vs “Think + Noun+ is good luck”

Omitting "is", like in "I think it strange"


This kind of things (has or have) sensors


In what conditions should a pronoun use forms of singular they?

The hidden flaw in "singular they"—what to do about reflexive pronouns?


My job is to do something or doing something?

Catenatives followed by infinitives and gerunds


"all they need _is_ some words" or "all they need _are_ some words"


How do I differentiate between decade and century in phrases like "the late 1600s"?


Is this identified as plural or singular?


Can "this" and "that" be used interchangeably in some contexts?


Can you explain the sentence structure 'In a hole in the ground there lived a Hobbit'? Why put the verb before the subject?


Can "would have" be used to express assumption or a guess?

Are there dialects where "would have" is used to describe a factual event long in the past?


What is the correct form for an ad banner


Does an adjective before "or" apply to the noun that comes after "or"?

Does an adjective apply to both nouns when they are joined with 'and' [or 'or']?


What should I respond when someone ends their sentence with ',no?'


A single word for something that only knows of its own existence

What do you call someone that believes he is the only living being?


Do you capitalise "North" and "South" of England?

Should north, south, east and west be capitalised?


Incorrect "There's" with plurals--am I missing something?

"There Is"/"There are" depends on plurality of the first list element or not?


Using "the" without referring to something before


Using Not before and between To infinitives


Can a present participle follow a subject?


Is the "English" in the name of this site an adjective of noun?

What’s the long form corresponding to the short form “English Language & Usage”?


Should the pronoun "you" always take a plural verb?

Is "It is you who are mistaken!" correct?


"Neither of us are" -vs- "Neither one of us is"

Which is correct, "neither is" or "neither are"?


Pluralizing an acronym where the last letter represents a word that ends in s

What is the correct way to pluralize an initialism in which the final word is not pluralized by adding the letter "s"?


Which singular names ending in “s” form possessives with only a bare apostrophe?


Problem remembering the exact name/word/term

What is it called when someone asks a question but it's not really root/true question they have?


What do I use in this instance? Suffering or suffer?

"Heard me [infinitive]" vs. "heard me [present participle]"


When should "Mom" and "Dad" be capitalized?


Is there an English adjective which means "asks questions frequently"?

Words to describe a person who frequently asks questions even though they know the answer


Which article is correct when referring to a disease? (e.g. the flu, a cold)

Is "flu" the only disease usually accompanied with "the"?


What's is the right answer: 3-D-printed component vs 3-D printed component vs 3D printed component vs 3D-printed component?


Difference between sentences starting with "don't you...'' and "do(did) you..."

How to form this tag question – as a positive tag question, or a negative one?


When did it become incorrect to use apostrophes with possessive pronouns?


What is the correct possessive for nouns ending in "‑s"?


Can I switch between 'the cow' and 'cows'?


Differences among expression and idiom, as well as colloquial and vernacular


what form of grammar is the word "why" used as a pause?

Where does the use of "why" as an interjection come from?


Which is correct: "drive safe" or "drive safely"?


What are other ways of saying "to keep moving forward in times of hardship?"

Single word which means "keep moving forward"


"I would like to know what your name is" instead of "I would like to know what is your name"

Changing subject and verb positions in statements and questions


Appropriate word for a young person who behaves like a cynical old person?

Is there a term that defines nostalgia for something you've never experienced?


How do I greet someone in a different timezone when my morning is his evening?

What to reply to a person saying "Good Morning" when my time zone is different?


"Dream, dreamt" and "learn, learnt" irregular verbs: correct or not?

Why do some words have two past tense forms (e.g. "dreamed" vs. "dreamt")?


"count noun" or "non-count noun" -- how to know the difference?


Difference between 'we both have' and 'we have both'

"A and B both are" vs. "A and B are both" vs. "Both A and B are" vs. "Both of A and B are"?


If you or somebody you know ... are/is ...?

When should we use proximity rule in "either/or", and "neither/nor"?


What is the difference between "above" and "over"?


"A friend of my father" vs. "a friend of my father's" — which one is right? Why?


When should I use: I did, had done or have done?

How do the tenses and aspects in English correspond temporally to one another?


The grammaticality of "that don't impress me much"


Using "I had rather" instead of "I would rather"


Term for words which change meaning when a space is added

Term for a word that is unintentionally made up of two or more other words?


Do you capitalize both parts of a hyphenated word in a title?


Are collective nouns always plural, or are certain ones singular?


Was I “laying” on the bed, or was I “lying” on the bed?

What is the difference between "lay" and "lie"?


collocations such as "bird of prey" and generalization

Is there a usage of "the" that indicates one out of a group of many?


Why use an indefinite article in “It’s a hot and uncomfortable 33 degrees”?

Indefinite article in the "An [adjective] [number] [plural noun]" construction


Use of the word "literally" in the definition of literally


is "I've never said that nor thought it" correct?

Should I use "or" or "nor" in the following case?


Singular vs plural: the effect of conjunctions


Can we use "you" to refer to a general person?

Using "you" and "your" as a representation for yourself and everyone in general


History of usage of singular "they" (gender-neutral)

Is there a correct gender-neutral singular pronoun ("his" vs. "her" vs. "their")?


When is it correct to use "yourself" and "myself" (versus "you" and "me")?


When referencing attached documents at the end of a sentence in parenthesis do you capitalize the first letter?

When using complete sentences in parenthetical e.g. or i.e. situations, should the first word be capitalized?


How to explain the difference between "affect" and "effect"?


What's an easy way to remember when to use "affect" or "effect"?


"The new guys are dressed a lot nicer than we/us"

I can run faster than _____. (1) him (2) he?


“Members’ gallery” vs. “members gallery”


Changes in meaning of "bad" and "bad ass"

How and why have some words changed to a complete opposite?


How to distinguish "can" and "can't" pronunciation in American English?

How should I distinguish between "can" & "can't" in American English pronunciation?


"3-month retreat" or "3-months retreat"?

Pluralization rule for "five-year-old children", "20 pound note", "10 mile run"


Which is correct: "could care less" or "couldn't care less"?


'how we make a car' or 'how do we make a car'?


Should TPS (transactions per second) be upper or lower case

Capitalization of bpm/BPM meaning beats per minute


Would the word "peoples" be used to mean many different cultures?


"Big black eyes" vs. "big and black eyes"


Are there other grammatical ways to say, "I'm reading a novel of Steinbeck's"?

Why is it usually "friend of his", but no possessive apostrophe with "friend of Peter"?


"All the good people" vs. "all of the good people"


Quoting a fictional character from a Book

Attribution: Quoting a Fictional Character


Can we use "bad" as an adverb in writing and formal speech?

"I feel bad for you" versus "I feel badly for you"


When a dagger is used to indicate a note, must it come after an asterisk?


when do we omit the article in an OF-phrase?

Are there any simple rules for choosing the definite vs. indefinite (vs. none) article?


"The Netherlands are" vs "The Netherlands is"

How to treat a country name that has a plural meaning


The first live processing date is December 29, 2014 for the pay period of December 22, 2014 to December 28, 2014

Does "up to [date]" include the end date? What about date ranges ("the week of...")?


Whta's the difference between "relation" and "relationship"?


Why are gender pronouns conventionally written as subject/object?

Why do people use all 3 components in their gender pronouns?


Please Help, I need the answer in 10 hours

If I wanted to say, "There are three twos in the English language," would "twos" be the correct spelling?


"Follow close behind" vs "follow closely behind"?


Is there an informal, singular equivalent of "Guy" to refer to women?


How to form this tag question – as a positive tag question, or a negative one?


Singular or plural verb form with 'What Ø the cause, progress and result of your actions?'

Singular verb after two noun phrases joined by "and" that can be thought of as a single thing


A person who cannot understand that there may be other perspectives


Can someone please identify this literary device


The difference between two statements [PUNCTUATION]


Should I put myself last? "me and my friends" vs. "my friends and me" or "my friends and I"


Do I place a comma after the word Dad or is it correct as is?

Should I put a comma before the last item in a list?


What is the difference between an "uncountable noun" and an "adjective"


him/his - what is the right one and why?

When is a gerund supposed to be preceded by a possessive adjective/determiner?


What are the differences between a proverb, adage, aphorism, epigram, maxim and apothegm?


"…who/whom I can share my feelings with"


How would pretty be classified in this sentence

What part of speech is "handsome" in the following sentence


How does one use the Latin word “cum” in a sentence?

How does one use the Latin word "cum" in a sentence?


Plural vs Singular when the number 1 is represented in integer vs decimal form


How to combine these two phrases? size-based and color-based

How to use hyphens appropriately when listing multiple hyphenated terms?


Is "Each person should do their own work" really not logical to say?

Is there a correct gender-neutral singular pronoun ("his" vs. "her" vs. "their")?


Is there a word for when you/someone seeks help with a problem from someone else, but then the problem is resolved/gone when the helper arrives?

Is there a term for an issue or activity that occurs only until the moment that you ask someone else to watch?


Placing an article before or after an adjective


What possessive forms are used for mutual 1st person ownership?


Conversion of all-cap acronyms to first letter only; when did NASA become Nasa?

Proper capitalization of commonly used acronyms and initialisms


Is there an English word for a wifeless man who has a concubine?

A man with a wife is a husband, a man with a concubine is what?


What is the origin of the suffix: 'ship'?

Is there any relation between the suffix "-ship" and actual ships?


What determines the pronunciation of the prefix 'arch-'?

Etymology and pronunciation of arch-, archi-


What is the meaning "would have" in this sentence?

Can someone explain the meaning of this sentence and what "but for " implies?


What is the tense of "I would have been happy to..."?


Why don't we use an apostrophe to denote ownership on 'it'?


Are collective nouns always plural, or are certain ones singular?


How reliable is to be + past participle to identify passive voice?

How can I reliably and accurately identify the passive voice in writing or speech?


Comma(s) when starting a sentence with both an introductory element and participial clause

Should there always be a comma after "therefore","However" etc.?


A word for someone who loves searching, learning new things?

What term means "one who enjoys learning"?


Is there a word for four times as much, analogous to once, twice, and thrice?


Is it correct to say products line or product line?


what does "are organized" mean in this sentence?


Difference between 'in order to', 'so as to,' 'to'


I'm looking for the possessive of 'boss'

What is the correct possessive for nouns ending in "‑s"?


The correct positioning of a sentence adverb in a sentence

Adverb placement in "Let's simply share"


Are the rules regarding absolute modifiers too absolute?