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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
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
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
Is there a single word for people who inhabit rural areas? Even today, _____ have been living in the past ( ____ = habitants of rural areas) Note- The inhabitants can be sophisticated or unsophisticated, literate or illiterate They should just live in a
Why are the donkey and the butt both named ass? It's a historical accident—they’re really two different words In the sense buttocks, the word goes back to OE ærs, and beyond that to Proto Indo-European: there are cognates in Greek, Hittite and Old Irish This is reflected in the ordinary British English arse —the {r} is dropped only in US English In the sense donkey, the word goes back to OE assa, derived (it is thought) via Celtic