When two people both work at the same place with the same post, Should I say "they both like their jobs" or "they both like their job"? My understanding is : If people work at the same place with the same position, then I should say "they both like their job." But If people work … Read more
The following sentence comes from "Introduction to Algorithms, 3rd Edition By Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E. Leiserson, Ronald L. Rivest and Clifford Stein" A political candidate may want to determine where to spend money buying campaign advertising in order to maximize the chances of winning an election. The sentence is talking about "a candidate" and … Read more
The prices of books sold online are cheaper than those in the local bookstores. or The price of books sold online are cheaper than those in the local bookstores. Or if both are correct and it’s just a style of preference? Answer As Michael Harvey correctly points out, prices are lower or higher, not cheaper … Read more
This is the highest any of my students has/have ever scored. (Stating that only 1 student of all my students has scored the highest marks) Should we use “has” or “have” here? I would personally use “have” as it sounds better. But here we are talking about only 1 student of all the students scoring … Read more
I’m telling a story and I reach to this sentence: A group of dogs emerges from the darkness of the forest and I’m wondering if it is better to say A group of dogs emerge from the darkness of the forest Do we give more importance to the individuals within a group, when we opt … Read more
This is from Animal Farm … and surveyed with speechless admiration the ploughland, the hayfield, the orchard, the pool, the spinney. It was as though they had never seen these things before, and even now they could hardly believe that it was all their own. The bold it refers to multiple things, is it grammatically … Read more
Is this said with or without a final s for the noun? Should one either say: "one and a half hour" or "one and a half hours" or is either equally valid? Answer Hours is correct, with the "s". This is because there is more that 1 hour, there are 1.5 hours. Whenever there are … Read more
I’m learning English dialogue according to EnglishPod. There is a sentence: But there must be some mistake; my reservation was for a standard room. Why isn’t the plural form of "mistake" here? my reservation was a standard room. Can I remove the for? What’s wrong with saying that? Answer some is a determiner that helps … Read more
Can " one example of " be used to describe two examples as follows? In my language, these sentences sound natural. Sushi and Tempura are one example of Japanese foods. Sushi and Peking duck are one example of Japanese and Chinese foods, respectively. Answer Neither is correct. In your first statement, you have two examples. … Read more
I know “feel pain” means a feeling of suffering in a more general way and “feel a pain” is usually used to refer to a feeling of hurting in a specific part. But I am thinking whether I need to change “pain” to its plural form “pains”, when I use the phrase “feel a pain” … Read more
