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Mic Chung Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Apostrophe and Adjective,Singular and Plural Questions
Hi...I always got some riddles in learning English that I couldn't figure out the answers for them...
I hope that someone would explain to me what is the difference between the following:
*Apostrophe and Adjective
1)Manager's decision(s)/Government's policy(ies)/Parent's guidance
2)Managerial decision(s)/Governmental policy(ies)/Parental guidance
3)Britain's market(s)/America's market(s)/China's market(s)
4)British market(s)/American market(s)/Chinese market(s)
*Singular and Plural
1)There is some kids playing in the park.
2)There are some kids playing the park.
3)There has...
4)There have...
(Some teachers here in Hong Kong taught me that "has/have" can never be used after"There"...
is it true?If not,I would like to know how to form sentences by using this pattern...)
I really hope to solve these riddles...
Many thanks in advance
I hope that someone would explain to me what is the difference between the following:
*Apostrophe and Adjective
1)Manager's decision(s)/Government's policy(ies)/Parent's guidance
2)Managerial decision(s)/Governmental policy(ies)/Parental guidance
3)Britain's market(s)/America's market(s)/China's market(s)
4)British market(s)/American market(s)/Chinese market(s)
*Singular and Plural
1)There is some kids playing in the park.
2)There are some kids playing the park.
3)There has...
4)There have...
(Some teachers here in Hong Kong taught me that "has/have" can never be used after"There"...
is it true?If not,I would like to know how to form sentences by using this pattern...)
I really hope to solve these riddles...
Many thanks in advance
Top answer
Mic Chung Apostrophe and Adjective There is no significant difference in most cases. It can simply be a style decision on the part of the author. Britain's market = the British market Sometimes the adjective gives a slightly different shade of meaning.
- Mic Chung Apostrophe and Adjective There is no significant difference in most cases.
- It can simply be a style decision on the part of the author.
- Britain's market = the British market Sometimes the adjective gives a slightly different shade of meaning.
- the government's policy ~ the policy that the government is currently pursuing governmental policy ~ the sort of policy that is associated with governments Each case has to be decided on its own, so it may take a lot of exposure to English before you are comfortable with these slight differences.
- Mic Chung Singular and Plural [with "there"] Make the verb agree with the first noun that follows.
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Mic ChungApostrophe and AdjectiveThere is no significant difference in most cases. It can simply be a style decision on the part of the author.
Britain's market = the British market
Sometimes the adjective gives a slightly different shade of meaning.
the government's policy ~ the policy that the government is currently pursuing
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