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- capitalization - Capitalize fields of study? - English Language Usage . . .
Do I say "I study computer science," or "I study Computer Science"? Similarly, "I really liked that computer science course," vs "I really liked that Computer Science course "
- Why do we say You are when you is singular instead of You is?
There are two answers to this The simplest is that "are" is the form of "to be" used for first person plural, third person plural, and both plural and singular in second person (with you) Thus, "are" with a singular "you" is also singular It just looks exactly like the plural form The same goes for "were" in the past tense, or for any other verb in second person: The form of the singular
- Team is or Team are - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Is it correct to say, the team that will be attending with me is listed below: or should I say the team that will be attending with me are listed below
- Difference between This is and It is, These are and They are
When I should use "It is" and when "This is"? For example when I show an apple to my son, how is better to say: It is an apple This is an apple What is the main difference between abovementioned p
- single word requests - What do you call that little area just inside . . .
Some houses have a little rectangular area just inside the front door You then walk through that little area to get into the main areas of the house This little area is well defined with a wall
- single word requests - What is the name of the area of skin between the . . .
What is the name of the area that is between the nose and the upper lip, circled in figure 1 below? source of face image I have found that the area circled in figure 2, the small indentation under
- There is or There are a large quantity of people?
I thought this excerpt from Oxford Dictionaries was instructive: Although the expression ‘a number’ is strictly singular, the phrase ‘a number of’' is used with plural nouns (as what grammarians call a determiner (or determiner)) The verb should therefore be plural: A number of people are waiting for the bus This is not the case with ‘the number’, which is still singular: The
- Which is correct, neither is or neither are?
In formal usage, it should definitely be is: Neither of these options is available This is the traditional rule (iirc, Fowler’s discusses this at length) However, in colloquial usage, either option is fine, and are seems to now be somewhat more common, at least on teh internets A commenter here nicely describes the sort of thought process which probably pushes people (usually
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