rule with so many variations and exceptions can barely be called a rule. If you are in doubt go to a dictionary.
fedorfaustovhas quoted4 years ago
to be read to out of up for
fedorfaustovhas quoted4 years ago
Never use a preposition to end a sentence with
fedorfaustovhas quoted4 years ago
Irregular verbs just have to be learnt – sorry, learned
Ekaterina Kuznetsovahas quoted4 years ago
When adjectives are treated as collective nouns – the needy, the unemployed, the good, the wealthy – they are always plural: The unemployed are mostly young and homeless.
Ekaterina Kuznetsovahas quoted4 years ago
There is no hard-and-fast rule
Ekaterina Kuznetsovahas quoted4 years ago
Are you red hot on the use of the subjunctive? Is it your second nature never to use a preposition at the end of a sentence?
Anastasia Dobrovolskahas quoted6 years ago
It means simply one form of a verb that acts as a noun (there are others).
Anastasia Dobrovolskahas quoted6 years ago
a covey of grouse a flock of birds a herd of cattle a pod of dolphins
Anastasia Dobrovolskahas quoted6 years ago
In British English, collective nouns are usually singular if the ‘collective’ is being thought of as a unit: