Is it Lay Down or Lie Down? (Lie, Lay, or Laid?)
December 13, 2022
To lay down is transitive and uses a sentence object (receiver of an action). To lie down is to be in a horizontal position, and
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Irregular Verbs List
December 12, 2022
Regular verbs end in -ed in their past tense and past participle forms. Irregular verbs end in something other than -ed to show past tenses.
What’s the Plural of Volcano?
December 11, 2022
Volcanoes and volcanos are both accepted plurals for volcano.
What are Common Nouns vs. Proper Nouns?
December 10, 2022
Proper nouns name specific people, places or things. Common nouns name general categories and types.
What are Mass Nouns? (Mass Nouns vs Collective Nouns)
December 9, 2022
Mass nouns, also non-count nouns, are things or concepts that we cannot physically count. Think fire, sand and water, which are things we cannot count.
What’s the Singular of Tongs?
December 8, 2022
Tongs are a plural-only noun, as tongs are made up of parts/pairs/pieces. ‘A pair of tongs’ refers to tongs as a singular noun.
What’s the Singular of Means?
December 8, 2022
As a course of action, means can be singular and plural. When referring to finance, means is always plural.
What’s the Plural of Zero?
December 8, 2022
Zeroes or zeros are both accepted plurals of the noun (and non-figure) zero.
Are Suspenders Plural or Singular?
December 8, 2022
Suspenders are plural-only because they are made of pairs/parts/pieces. Plural-only nouns have no singular noun form.