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  1. Is "something" plural or singular? - English Language Learners Stack ...

    Jun 4, 2016 · Something is a pronoun, which is analogous to "a thing", that is an indefinite pronoun. "A/an" is the Old English for "one" and one implies singularity. Thus, I found a thing that wasn't …

  2. relative pronouns - "something which" or "something that" - English ...

    According to Korean English grammar books, nouns that ends with "thing", such as something, anything, generally take "that" as a relative pronoun. But does that mean that "something which" is not

  3. usage of "a something" in the sentence - English Language Learners ...

    Feb 7, 2017 · In your sentence the author is referring to #3: a something is some particular member of the set ‘something’. This is an unusual usage, because ordinary language is not designed for talking …

  4. The difference in meaning between "Have someone do something" …

    To get someone do something suggests that you talked to the person and convinced or persuade them to do something - this structure has a similar meaning to get something done. finally I got my dad to …

  5. word choice - Do you say you feel pride 'for' something or you feel ...

    You dont feel pride "for" something unless that thing is capable of feeling pride itself and you are emulating that feeling due to empathy. If you do something for "person", you are serving the persons …

  6. idiomatic language - Am I missing something vs anything - English ...

    Nov 2, 2020 · 0 I'd say that something can be used in a more general way for when you are referring to any arbitrary number of things while anything would be better suited when the things are limited in …

  7. to afford *doing* something - English Language Learners Stack Exchange

    1) They can't afford to go out very often. 2) They can't afford going out very often. A native speaker has said that the second usage can be heard in a colloquial speech, but it is incorrect. ...

  8. have someone to do something - English Language Learners Stack …

    Dec 16, 2024 · Have someone do something WILL have someone TO do something Construction number 1 - To have someone do something - means: some explicit/implicit agent will delegate to …

  9. Provide information "on", "of" or "about" something?

    Sep 15, 2020 · That's indirect information, a hint, something that tells us she wasn't there then, but doesn't tell us anything directly. It sheds some light but it doesn't relate to her directly. Still, in a great …

  10. What is difference between have/get/make someone do something?

    To get someone do something means to persuade someone or trick someone to do something. This is what the dictionary says but I saw they're sometimes interchangeably used, so dictionary definitions …