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- members members members area | WordReference Forums
One is not necessarily correct over the others - member's area = an area of a member, belonging to a member - members' area = an area of members, belonging to more than one member - members area = an area for members That is exactly the problem I have been having so far
- A group of people + is are ? | WordReference Forums
Collecting phrases like a number of or a pair of can make it hard to choose between is and are Which verb do you use when you’re talking about a number of people? On one hand, number is singular, which calls for is But people is plural, which calls for are Typically, it’s best to use are with a number of Correct A number of people are concerned about the lack of progress Incorrect A
- confirm whether if I am correct | WordReference Forums
Could some member s confirm whether if I am correct? 1 Is the question correctly phrased? 2, If it is, should I use 'whether' or 'if'? Thanks in advance
- He is my family lt;member gt;. | WordReference Forums
He is family which means he is a family member， right？ In this case，is “family” an adjective？ I looked up the dictionary， found “family” as an adjective Thank you so much！ Yes, you’ve hit the nail on the head! In this case, ‘family’ is indeed an adjective (only colloquially), describing him ‘as being a family member’
- To be (a) part of something | WordReference Forums
What's the difference between "to be a part of something" and "to be part of something" or are they both correct and interchangeable? For example, would
- Dear parents Parents [Capital letters?] - WordReference Forums
Should I always capitalize the word "parents" in informal letters or emails when use it with "Dear "? Are there any rules?
- is or has deceased - WordReference Forums
No "Deceased" is an adjective; "decease" is not generally used as a verb You might find it in dictionaries, but OED, for example, has no examples later than the eighteenth century (although it does not mark it as obsolete or archaic) Use "died" instead
- Blue gum monkey - WordReference Forums
Green's Dictionary of Slang has this on 'blue gum': blue gum (med), adj — Green’s Dictionary of Slang I can't help with much of the rest of the sentence, apart from taking 'like bubbles on soap' more or less literally as a simile
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