When should I use difference or differences? When you think that there are more than one unlike events involved, use plural For example: Are there any differences? If you talk about one particular What is the major difference?
What is the difference or what are the differences? 1 "What is a difference between X and Y?" is also grammatical, but it means something that one hardly ever wants to say: the speaker has deliberately refused to indicate how many differences he or she thinks there are, and no matter how many the listener thinks there are, the speaker only wants to hear about one of them
verbs - English Language Learners Stack Exchange Whenever I read advanced grammar articles I come across these two terms quite often : be and to be What is the difference between these two and how to identify the difference between these two? Pl
what is the subtle difference between as and when [duplicate] As you say, the differences between "when" and "as" can be subtle, but nevertheless distinct "When" implies a particular moment in time, and "as" implies concurrent action -- which is to say, a distinct moment in time vs a period of time