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Sentence 1: Are any of these mountain bikes available to rent for the day?

( Should any be followed by 'is' rather than 'are' ? )

Sentence 2: The committee lead very different lives in private.

( Collective nouns usually follow singular verbs. What are the exceptions to this rule if the above sentence is correct? )

Sentence 3: He had a stomachache, because he ate so many cookies.

(I know that comma should be placed before FANBOYS/Coordinating Conjunctions but does comma come before because as well?)

Sentence 4: Because he ate so many cookies, he had a stomachache.

(Is this a more suitable way to write this sentence? Should 'because' be placed at the start of the sentence? Which way is better? )

Please help and reply as soon as possible.

I'll be really thankful.

FatimaSaboor123 · Accepted Answer

Can you put the https://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/book_1 back when you’ve https://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/finished with it?

Is this one correct too? Should I omit 'with'?

Clive · Answer

Can you put the https://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/book_1 back when you’ve https://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/finished with it?

'finished it' means I have read all of it.

'finished with it' means I have done what I wanted. Maybe I read it all, maybe I didn't.

Sentence 1: Are any of these mountain bikes available to rent for the day?

( Should any be followed by 'is' rather than 'are' ? ) No

Sentence 2: The committee lead very different lives in private.

( Collective nouns usually follow singular verbs. What are the exceptions to this rule if the above sentence is correct? ) Sometimes we think of words like company, family, team, committee as single entities, but sometimes we think of them as several people. In this case, we think of several people, since we go on to speak of their lives.

Sentence 3: He had a stomachache, because he ate so many cookies.

(I know that comma should be placed before FANBOYS/Coordinating Conjunctions but does comma come before because as well?) Think of a comma as a pause. A pause after 'stomachache' gets the reader to think for a brief extra moment about the words just said. Thus, it emphasizes them a little bit more.

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