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- Whats the correct usage of something of something and somethings . . .
BUT parts of a car can also be understood as: the engine, the hood, the roof, the chassis, and not something replaceable as in something you can buy at an auto parts' store
- Should I use is something or are something for plural nouns?
Should I use is or are in this sentence? Vocabulary-based games is something that he enjoys the most
- subject verb agreement - Is something plural or singular? - English . . .
Something is a pronoun, which is analogous to "a thing", that is an indefinite pronoun "A an" is the Old English for "one" and one implies singularity Thus, I found a thing that wasn't working I found something that wasn't working are the same in meaning, but 'something' is the commonly used version To pluralise your sentence, I would say: "Some things that are not working " "Some things
- prepositions - provide something for or to sb - English Language . . .
With transitive provide sth to for sb, I think answer 2 is closer - to is more about giving or handing off something to someone, while for is more about something being made available to someone
- meaning in context - What does thats something mean? - English . . .
From the lexical meaning of something, it seems to mean "that’s an important thing " Yet, an example on a Korean website is translated as "one consolation in sadness," and this can make sense in the context
- pronouns - A little something something? - English Language Learners . . .
Is there a difference in meaning between something something and just something when using little (3 vs 5) i e is one less precise than the other? Furthermore, is there a difference in meaning from using the contracted form (somethin' somethin')? Do we generally use one something per missing term in (1) and (2) or is "something something" for two or more? Finally, is there anything
- verbs - help you do (or) to do something - difference - English . . .
I know that generally native speakers say it usually like this (without the to): These exercises will help you get better at math Can you help me move these boxes outside? But sometimes, thoug
- infinitives - Help to do something or help do something? - English . . .
The construction was "to help to do", But to help is used so often with an infinitive that speakers began to consider it something like a modal verb such as can, may etc and began dropping "to"
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