Oct 7, 2011 · I hope you can enlighten me. I get varying answers in Google and I need to find out which is the correct grammatical structure for these sentences. The rest of the staff is/are on leave at the mo...

In formal usage, it should definitely be is: Neither of these options is available. This is the traditional rule (iirc, Fowler’s discusses this at length). However, in colloquial usage, either option is fine, and are …

Apr 24, 2023 · The question is not exactly a duplicate, as the other questions seek a word for a person with such knowledge, while this one seeks the word for the knowledge itself. Suppose we agree with …

Apr 15, 2011 · Historically, "well-lighted" was overwhelmingly favoured, but it's been in decline for the last 100 years or so, with "well-lit" actually becoming the more common usage (40 years ago in UK, …

Jul 18, 2018 · Background We have a motivational poster in our office that says: None of us is as smart as all of us. I think that it's grammatically incorrect, and here is my reasoning: All of the tigers have ...

@JasonM That's a good point; the last half of that sentence was supposed to be an arbitrary example, but I guess it came out with a professional tone. If I were looking for somebody to contact me …

Jan 31, 2019 · After a brief search over StackExchange I've decided to ask my own question. I'm looking for a word to describe someone who enjoys grooming themselves or taking care of their appearance, …

Nov 19, 2015 · Given that it is a necessity that both instruments sound true during the show, we could say that the sentence is trying to express the urgency of tuning the instruments. Therefore, it can be …

Jan 29, 2012 · Is there a difference between "convenient for you" and "convenient to you"? And if it is, could you explain it?

Feb 21, 2011 · Content or contents — when do I use which form? I realize that the one is the plural form of the other, but they seem to be used interchangeably.