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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 "
- 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 - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
I would call "entranceway", "entryway", or "entry" the small room, generally less than 10 ft by 10 ft , separated by a double set of doors at the entrance of a business facility The foyer (or lobby if larger) is usually the room found right after entering through the second set of doors "Vestibule" is the technical term for a commercial office building entryway
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
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