Hi, Ardith Hinton! -> Alexander Koryagin
I read your message from 20.05.2021 23:16
Maybe our honorable teachers can give a homework for us?
Ahh. There's an invitation I can't refuse... [chuckle].
Homework, BTW, is not countable but homework assignments are.
A good piece of information. ;-)
Do you have school tests on Grammar rules etc?
Tests, no. A grade 9/10 grammar textbook which includes questions,
yes. I may be able to get some ideas from it. Meanwhile:
1) "Etc." is an abbreviation which calls for a period, but
you're also asking a question here. AFAIC it's okay to
use a period followed by a question mark in such cases.
But when I asked my question with "etc" I didn't use quotes, did I? So my quostion was correct? Another sentence can be:
Do you have a special rule on "etc."?
Also: AFAIK
2) Can you pluralize these words?
I will not ask Google. ;)
tooth _teeth_
lens _it is the plural form_
cactus _cactuses_ (although I vaguely remember there also is another form). But my variant is also correct, is it?
goose _geese_
moose (a new word for me) _the same form in plural_
mouse _mice_
brother-in-law _brothers-in-law_
wife _wives_
woman _women_
index _indexes_
memorandum _memorandums_
millennium _millenniums_
3) What corrections or improvements would you suggest here?
Me and Ruth went shopping yesterday.
Hm... _Ruth and me went for shopping yesterday?_
I bought this car off of my friend Pete.
_I've bought this car from my friend Pete_
Hopefully it won't rain tomorrow.
_no idea_ maybe a comma after "hopefully".
I only have $20 in my pocket.
_??_ I have only (got) $20 in my pocket.
The reason I didn't hand in my assignment is
because I forgot it at home.
If we don't speak about a past event we use The Present Perfect Tense:
_The reason I haven't handed in my assignment is because I forgot it at home.
if we speak about a past event:
_The reason I didn't handed in my assignment is because I had forgotten it at home.
For more information or to buy now, call xxx.
_For more information or buying it now, call xxx_.
Perhaps, it would be fun to make them out.
I hope you enjoy the above.... :-))
I like it. And I always thought that in the world there should be a special schools for the people who don't suffering in there and really wants to learn. ;-)
Bye, Ardith!
Alexander Koryagin
english_tutor 2021
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