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Tricky subject verb agreement
Hello I am confused about the following sentences:
A number of shoppers ((have/has)) complained about the price increases.
Either of dentists ((is/are)) available right now.
A group of people ((have/has)) registered online for the course.
Neither the mother nor her children ((are/is)) going to the park.
Either my children or my wife ((are/is)) happy with the house we just bought.
What are the correct answers ? is there a general grammatical rule to answer these questions or it is just based on my understanding of the context ?
Thanks
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Question about Grammar
I am writing this letter to inform you that the main water pipe bursts on Thursday and I require you to take an immediate action to remedy the situation.
Here, I have been advised to make it burst without the (S), even though the main water pipe is singular. Also, to omit the article (an).
Actually, I don't know why or the rule behind it.
Thanks in advance for any explanation.
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Grammar question
I read an article about an idioms "Cog in the machine" but the author has wrote:
This could be a great expression to use if you are the manager of a large company and want to make an employee feel important.
My question:
Make an employee feel(s) important.
Why the author does not wrote it with S as an employee is a singular form? do I misunderstand a grammatical rule here or just a typo ?
Thanks
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If - Third conditional
Hello, I am tying to use more complex grammar in my essays .. please let me know if my example is correct:
The original sentence:
If governmental entities had relied on automatic translation by computers, they wouldn't have requested an official sealed translation from an authorized agent.
I want the new one:
Had the governmental entities relied on automatic translation by computers, they wouldn't have requested an official sealed translation from an authorized agent.
So, I removed if and want to make it conditional, does this make sense?
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Articles after "and"
I can delegate a friend or/and a relative.
I can delegate a friend or/and relative.
In the second sentence I removed the second article "a" and I want to know which one is correct ?
Are both ways correct?
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Asking for a refund
Which way is better in terms of academic writing:
I would therefore appreciate it if you could give me a full refund.
I would therefore appreciate it if you could reimburse any expenses the damage has incurred.
Thanks
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Help / Help to
I want to know the difference between these sentences and which one is better in academic writing:
Solar power helps creating a clean source of energy.
and
Solar power helps to create a clean source of energy.
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Inflict on
Should I use inflict on with only unpleasant situations?
Examples:
- Free education would inflict a great cost burden on the state's fund.
- People who rely on fast food as a major source of their diet could suffer from heart problems. This is a serious issue that inflicts life threatening disease on people.
Thanks for help
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Grounding the child
So in child discipline I want to understand the exact meaning of grounding the child.
Does it mean, banning the child from all of his favorite activities or we can select certain activities. For example, some parents ground their children from playing their video games.
Also, is it formal in writing to write grounding the child from social activities or banning the child from playing outside?
Thank you
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Punctuation with in order to
Please help me with commas, is that correct?
- A healthy relationship between parents is profoundly the building block in order for them to foster their children more effectively.
- In order for parents to foster their children more effectively, a healthy relationship between parents is profoundly the building block.
I feel that the second sentence is not complete!
Thanks
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