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Jackson6612 Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
After screwing up everything, you come and say ''sorry''.
Please correct the following lines:
After screwing up everything, you come and say sorry. The word made up of five letters is not going to do any good. You have to make up for everything you have done.
After screwing up everything, you come and say sorry. The word made up of five letters is not going to do any good. You have to make up for everything you have done.
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Hi Jackson I would suggest an alternative for "The word made up of five letters": "That five-letter word"
- Hi Jackson I would suggest an alternative for "The word made up of five letters": "That five-letter word"
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Hi Jackson
I would suggest an alternative for "The word made up of five letters":
"That five-letter word"
I would suggest an alternative for "The word made up of five letters":
"That five-letter word"
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YankeeHi JacksonHi Amy,
I would suggest an alternative for "The word made up of five letters":
"That five-letter word"
Why isn't plural used? Singular expressions such as letter and hour don't go well along numbers which stand for more than one thing such as two, three, etc.
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Hi Jackson
When you turn a number and a noun into a hyphenated adjective (a compound adjective), the noun remains singular. Although there might possibly be a couple of exceptions to this "rule", I can't think of any at the moment. I suppose the "reason" for this might be the simple fact that the noun in such a hyphenated adjective is no longer acting as a noun. Instead, it is functio
When you turn a number and a noun into a hyphenated adjective (a compound adjective), the noun remains singular. Although there might possibly be a couple of exceptions to this "rule", I can't think of any at the moment. I suppose the "reason" for this might be the simple fact that the noun in such a hyphenated adjective is no longer acting as a noun. Instead, it is functio
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YankeeAlthough there might possibly be a couple of exceptions to this "rule", I can't think of any at the moment. I suppose the "reason" for this might be the simple fact that the noun in such a hyphenated adjective is no longer acting as a noun. Instead, it is functioning as (part of) the adjective.I hope you won't mind my asking
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Hi Jackson
Jackson6612Why did you use quotation marks around rule ...Because there are often exceptions to the things that are referred to as "rules" in English.
Jackson6612... and reason?Because I don't know whether there is actually a reason for that. However, it did seem like a reasonably good way to look
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