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- Can somethings be used as a plural? - English Language Usage Stack . . .
It's more likely the syntax would be 'heavy somethings' if 'somethings' is used as a noun, which it can be Where 'some' is used as a quantitative determiner with 'thing', the alternative would be 'some heavy thing'
- Whats the correct usage of something of something and somethings . . .
Both A's B and the B of A are grammatical and idiomatic and convey the same meaning In speech and informal writing, A's B is far more frequent In formal writing, the B of A is less rare because formal writing often involves relatively complex sentences For example, Last year, the X corporation bought the French assets of Y corporation, which was then still tied up in bankruptcy
- Whats the difference between something and some thing?
I was reading my English textbook and found written "some thing" in a sentence Is there any difference between "something" and "some thing"? Is it a misprint or true? Here is the sentence: Hunger
- Is something plural or singular? - English Language Learners Stack . . .
Something that is not working Something is singular Thus, the second sentence is incorrect as the verb are is the plural form
- Word for a sentence structured like: Something is to something as . . .
For example: 'Blue is to colours as five is to numbers' You get these kinds of sentences in aptitude tests where they will typically omit the last word for you to work out Is there a word for sen
- Somethings wrong vs Something wrong - English Language Usage . . .
It seems to me that "Something wrong" is nothing else than telegraphic style for "Something is wrong" ("Something's wrong"), and so there seems to be a choice between two styles, or more precisely two registers; the question is then one of formality technical communication; how formal do you want your text to be or how formal does it need to be? The choice is yours, once you know that a
- prepositions - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
It seems to me that the "from" is unnecessary and perhaps redundant
- Im looking for a word or phrase that can describe something familiar . . .
I'm looking for something that can describe a sense of familiarity, unfamiliarity, nostalgia, and bittersweetness I've considered deja vu, but it doesn't capture the nostalgia or bittersweetness
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