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| "All I get is the sales pitch from the car dealers." "All I get is the sale pitch from the car dealers." <--I am still not too sure why "sale" is "sales"? But I understand this, What kind of pitch? A sales pitch; a pitch about sales. "All I get is the anger pitch from the car dealers." <---correct? why? "All I get is the angers pitch from the car dealers." <---incorrrect? why? "I know what brand my shoes are." <--correct? why? "I know what brand my shoe is." <--incorrect? why? This doesn't sound right to me. "...if thousands of flying cars enter the skies,...." <---correct? why? what does it mean? "...if thousands of flying cars enter the sky,...." <---correct? why? what does it mean? |
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#92
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| "I have a pair of new shoes." <--correct? what does it mean? "I have a pair of new shoe." <--correct? what does it mean? "I like your new shoes." <--- correct? Does this mean that I like ones new pair of shoes? "I like your new shoe." <--correct? Does this mean that I only like one shoe? |
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| "Tom's hardware guide." <--what does this mean? "Tom's hardware guides." <--what does this mean? |
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#94
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| They are both correct- it just depends on whether he has one guide, or more than one. |
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#95
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| "I have the lyrics for this song." <--correct? "I have the lyric for this song." <--incorrect? I know what does lyric mean but I don't really get how to use it. Lyrics=words of a song? Lyric=a word of a song? Can you give me some exmaples by writing me some sentences using "lyrics" and "lyric" please? Thank you. |
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#96
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| 'Lyrics' is generally used, though sometimes 'lyric' is used. The both refer to all the words of the song. 'Lyric' might be used for a printed version of the song. |
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| Quote:
"The lyrics for this song is ....." <--what does this mean? "The lyric for this song is ....." <---what does this mean? "Do you know any places that's selling chemistry books?" <--correct? "places" is countable? "Do you know any place that's selling chemistry books?" <--correct? |
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| "Thank you very much for the replies." <--correct? "Thanks very much for the replies." <--is this correct? It doesn't sound correct? How can I check these little things on my own? |
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#99
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| You can say 'thanks' or 'thank you', but 'thanks yo'is wrong. |
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#100
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| Can you give me some detail about this job? <--correct Can you give me some details about this job? <--this is incorrect right? Because "details" is not countable, so it has to be "detail"? Just like "information" cannot be "informations"? |
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