Yes! Statistics: Posted by Alan — Sat Jul 27, 2024 5:17 am ..read more

I imagine that you mean: 'A security force of 60,000 (men) was hired...' Statistics: Posted by Alan — Sat Jul 27, 2024 5:16 am ..read more

Natives are not fully consistent on this point, and the compound is frequently hyphenated even when predicative. Statistics: Posted by Alan — Sat Jul 27, 2024 5:14 am ..read more

Is this sentence standard? "About 60 thousand security forces were hired to patrol the streets of Paris during these Olympic." ------------------------------ Thank you. Statistics: Posted by PinkLady — Sat Jul 27, 2024 1:00 am ..read more

Here are examples I found hyphenated by the author who I don't like to mention 8. In his office, the manager was generally well-liked. I0. Wealthy people are often said to be well-heeled. Many would say " don't hyphenate the compound adjective if it comes after the noun." You hyphenate only when it goes before the noun. And it is a rule adopted by many grammar books, but in virtue , we see the opposite. In every day I notice examples here or there going opposite the rule. And let me say, in five books I read daily, I find two or three of which are in different. The books I am telling about a ..read more

Either is possible, the only difference being that (A) implies that together you constitute some kind of company. Alan Statistics: Posted by Alan — Thu Jul 25, 2024 3:27 am ..read more

Dear teacher, A. We are a producer of glass items. B. We are producers of glass items. Which one is correct and why? Thanks Statistics: Posted by toedrika — Wed Jul 24, 2024 7:20 am ..read more

(Notwithstanding the typo in #4) yes. Statistics: Posted by Alan — Wed Jul 24, 2024 3:26 am ..read more

1) I learned a lot writing this book and so did my readers. 2) I learned a lot preparing this program and so did my listeners. 3) I learned a lot writing this book and my readers did too. 4) I learned a lot preparing this program and mt listeners did too. Are these sentences grammatical and meaningful? Gratefully, Navi Statistics: Posted by navit — Tue Jul 23, 2024 11:53 pm ..read more

Strictly speaking, all (as instances of the inherently ungrammatical sequence *[too + ADJ + N]) are ungrammatical. That said, however, most natives would probably happily accept (1), possibly by virtue of the complemental phrase (i.e. making one of the technically grammatical alternatives - 'access to technology THAT IS too easy' - ambiguous, and the other - 'access that is too easy to technology' - stylistically awkward). Statistics: Posted by Alan — Tue Jul 23, 2024 4:45 am ..read more