English language learners quite often make mistakes in using articles (a/an, the). Their writings are characterised by overuse and under-use of articles and it could be due to factors such as the ...

A school of fish is a collective noun that refers to a specific group of things, animals, or people, all with a singular form. Credit: Georgette Douwma/Getty Images There are more than ten different ...

Yasuhiro Chasi from Japan now studying in the US writes: Could you please tell me when to use the plural form of a noun after words like any and no? For example, it seems that people tend to say: I ...

A noun is a thing, e.g. cat, room, exam. Most of the time, we can talk about how many of these things we have: Bobby has three cats at home! It’s amazing how many rooms are empty in our school. I have ...

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However, there are many types of noun and noun phrase in English, and it can be difficult to know if a particular noun takes a singular verb (such as DOES / HAS / AM / IS ) or a plural verb (DO / HAVE ...