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Believer Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
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1. Is this sentence right? Why there is an article in the first "opportunist" and not in the second mention? I got the sentence from the Collins/Cobuild Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Is the second one just representing itself?
An opportunist is someone who is opportunist.
2. Why not Japaneses?
... has encouraged many Japanese to visit ...
3. Can it be "a home" too?
The Shanghai Museum is home to ...
4. Should it be "uses"?
... to stop the students' use of recorders and phones.
An opportunist is someone who is opportunist.
2. Why not Japaneses?
... has encouraged many Japanese to visit ...
3. Can it be "a home" too?
The Shanghai Museum is home to ...
4. Should it be "uses"?
... to stop the students' use of recorders and phones.
Top answer
Japanese is a group noun with singular form The Japanese are.... "The Shanghai Museum is home to" ths way idiomatic. Do not insert an article.
- Japanese is a group noun with singular form The Japanese are....
- "The Shanghai Museum is home to" ths way idiomatic.
- Do not insert an article.
- use and not uses
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Japanese is a group noun with singular form
The Japanese are....
"The Shanghai Museum is home to" ths way idiomatic. Do not insert an article.
use and not uses
The Japanese are....
"The Shanghai Museum is home to" ths way idiomatic. Do not insert an article.
use and not uses
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Hi,
1. Is this sentence right? Why there is an article in the first "opportunist" and not in the second mention? I got the sentence from the Collins/Cobuild Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Is the second one just representing itself?
An opportunist is someone who is opportunist.
I would say say
1. Is this sentence right? Why there is an article in the first "opportunist" and not in the second mention? I got the sentence from the Collins/Cobuild Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Is the second one just representing itself?
An opportunist is someone who is opportunist.
I would say say
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Thank you.
Can we say the same thing with the Chinese and the Korean? Are the following group nouns too?
The Chinese are
The Korean are
Can we say the same thing with the Chinese and the Korean? Are the following group nouns too?
The Chinese are
The Korean are
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Hi,
Can we say the same thing with the Chinese and the Korean? Are the following group nouns too?
The Chinese are Yes. For nationalities that end in -ese, we treat is as plural. eg the Chinese, the Japanese. . .
The Korean are No, we say Koreans
Can we say the same thing with the Chinese and the Korean? Are the following group nouns too?
The Chinese are Yes. For nationalities that end in -ese, we treat is as plural. eg the Chinese, the Japanese. . .
The Korean are No, we say Koreans
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