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Hi Adya's
I'm afraid it's difficult for me to say, as I haven't read the play. It's not clear to me, for example, whether the old man is including the boy he's speaking to in the category of 'young kids' or not. Some old people will call any child a 'young kid' since they are so much older than the young people.
All the best
Kirk
The LearnEnglish Team
Hi Imran 26,
I would suggest our pages on count nouns and uncount nouns for those two. Collective nouns are words like 'team' or 'family' that refers to a group of people or things.
All the best,
Kirk
The LearnEnglish Team
Hi Imran 26,
'Monday through Thursday' means Monday and all the days between it and Thursday, i.e. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
All the best,
Kirk
The LearnEnglish Team
Hi Imran 26,
The titles of books are determined by publishers and by whatever traditions exist in a particular place, as it's important to meet the expectations of students and parents. In a British context, 'composition' refers only to writing, while 'skills' would describe all four language skills: reading, writing, speaking and listening.
Peter
The LearnEnglish Team
Hello Imran,
In this sentence, 'while' means 'but', which is one of several meanings of this word (if you follow the link, you'll see the definition and examples for this meaning, but if you move up and down the page you will see the others). Please note that in this sentence, the verb should be 'do' instead of 'does', since 'IT guys' and 'software sngineers' are plural subjects.
All the best,
Kirk
The LearnEnglish Team
Hi Imran,
Our grammar covers what its author (Dave Willis) thought were the most essential points learners need to become proficient speakers. It is not a comprehensive grammar -- a complete grammar of English would be very large and would not really fulfil the purpose of our site.
The Wikipedia and Cambridge Dictionary websites are good places to begin checking some topics such as the ones you mention. For example, the Wikipedia Noun page has a section on abstract and concrete nouns and the Cambridge Dictionary page on Nouns also explains this to some degree.
If you have any specific questions about a particular point, please let us know.
All the best,
Kirk
The LearnEnglish Team
Hello Imran26,
The meanings of 'while' and 'during' are very similar. Both describe the time within an ongoing activity or state. The difference is that each is followed by a different form.
After 'while' we need a clause with a subject and a verb, or else a present participle (-ing form):
After 'during' we need a noun:
Peter
The LearnEnglish Team
Hello Adya's,
If the person reporting is a brother or sister then they can still use 'our'. If the person is not a brother or sister of the person who left then 'their' would be the best choice, since 'our' tells us that there are at least three brothers and sisters in the original group. 'Her' would be grammatically correct and would only tell the listener about the speaker and the brother's relationship, not that there are more of them.
Peter
The LearnEnglish Team
Hello magdy,
I'm afraid we don't provide answers for tasks from elsewhere. We're happy to explain our own tasks and answer questions about the language as best as we can, but we don't provide help with tests or homework from elsewhere, or exercises someone else has written.
Peter
The LearnEnglish Team
Hello Imran 26,
There is no correct order for this. I suggest you choose whichever seems most useful or interesting to you.
Peter
The LearnEnglish Team
Hello Imran,
Usually native speakers say 'two plus two equals four' or 'two and two make four'.
All the best,
Kirk
The LearnEnglish Team
Hello SonuKumar,
It is unusual to use 'any' with singular count nouns, but it does happen when the noun has a general meaning. There is some debate whether this is actually a case of the singular count noun being used as a synonym of a non-count noun (any problem as a synonym for any trouble, for example, or any idea as a synonym for any notion).
You can find a discussion of the topic on this page.
Peter
The LearnEnglish Team
Hello amol,
We use an object pronoun after a preposition, so the correct phrase would be 'no-one but him...'
Peter
The LearnEnglish Team
Hi SonuKumar,
I'm not sure about the metaphysical side of this question, but 'Not everything is possible' is what I would say. There is nothing grammatically incorrect with the other phrase, but it's not one that people use in speaking or writing. It would also have a different meaning -- it would mean something like 'Everything is impossible' (whereas the other one says that some things are possible and some are not).
All the best,
Kirk
The LearnEnglish Team
Hi Lal,
This really depends on the particular style that a writer follows, but in general in British English I believe the comma is used less often than in American English. Some say that the general rule is that a comma can precede 'but' when 'but' is connecting two independent clauses, e.g. see this BBC page, but not everyone agrees about this. You can find lots of opinions about this by doing an internet search for 'comma before but'.
All the best,
Kirk
The LearnEnglish Team
Hi David,
Yes, it is, especially in informal speaking and writing. This is called ellipsis, which you can read a little more about by following the link if you're interested.
All the best,
Kirk
The LearnEnglish Team
Hello uchiha itache,
Both forms are correct. The only difference is that the form with 'no' is rather stronger in a rhetorical sense, I would say.
Peter
The LearnEnglish Team
Hello uchiha itache,
We use the present simple to describe habitual behaviour, as you say. 'Will' can be used to describe the behaviour which we expect. It is a form of prediction about the present. For example:
Peter
The LearnEnglish Team
Hi SonuKumar,
Both of your sentences refer to habitual past actions. 'would' isn't used to refer to past expected actions but rather for past repeated actions. You can read more about this use of 'would' on our Past habits page.
All the best,
Kirk
The LearnEnglish Team
Hi uchiha itache,
In general, 'above' is used to speak about a higher level, though it's important to know what specific context or contexts you have in mind.
I don't see how one object could be 'above' or 'over' another if they are both on the same flat plane – could you give a specific example? The proximity of one object to the other is also an important factor.
In any case, I'd recommend look at this Cambridge Dictionary entry on just this question. If you have any further questions, you're welcome to ask them but please provide a specific sentence in context.
All the best,
Kirk
The LearnEnglish Team
Hello SonuKumar,
In this sentence 'any other girl' does not mean 'no other girl'. Rather, 'any other girl' means the opposite - it means 'every girl - it doesn't matter which one you choose'.
If I understand your intention correctly and you wish to say that her behaviour is different from every other girl's, then the best way to phrase the sentence would be as follows:
Peter
The LearnEnglish Team