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I’m having a very hard time figuring out how to ask which seasons a character is missing from in a television show. I started like this:
“Which seasons is he not in?” but that sounded wrong, so I tried “Which seasons are he not in?” but that also sounds wrong.
I’m having a hard time with this one for some reason.
This is obviously wrong, but I can’t figure out how to fix it without rewording the whole thing. Can anyone help?
I’ve always used ‘a while’, but I’ve heard that ‘awhile’ is also correct. What is the difference between the two? Or are they interchangable?
Which is correct?: “So much have been written” or “So much has been written”
I think the latter is the correct one.
Why would you say “10 head of cattle” instead of “10 heads of cattle”? Don’t give me: “That’s the way cowboys say it.” I want a real reason. Isn’t it “10 heads of lettuce”, anyway?
What do you in grammar terminology call a word that is not compound?
“The essence of this book and that book was identical.”
“The essences of this book and that book were identical.”
If they were identical, they are one and the same, so I feel that the first is correct.
Do you say “Seventeen kinds of thread?” or “Seventeen kinds of threads?”
What’s the difference between gerund and present participle?
When referring to a group of people, as being released in a contract, should it read “Releases” or “Releasees”? My dictionary lists releasee as singular but gives no plural spelling. Having looked under “Releases,” in the dictionary, it does not list it as a plural of “Releasee.” Any help would be greatly appreciated.
