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Nicole
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Hey, You say: "My parents divorce".

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Ability or action?



How to separate concepts using adjective: - the man who is walking -- walking man; - the man who can...

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Hi Roman!

Your last sentence, "the man who can walk", indicates ability through the word, "can". Can means the ability to do something, e.g. I can dance, I can whistle, etc.

Your other sentences indicate action because of the verb. For example, "the man who is walking", tells us that the man **IS ** (verb) is performing an action. "Walking man" takes a similar principle. It uses the present continuous form of the the verb, 'walk', which indicates that an action (verb), that is, walking, is being performed.

So, basically, if you see "can", it's likely talking about ability and if you see a verb and there is no "can" in the sentence, we're talking about an action.

Hope this helps! 😃

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Ability or action?



How to separate concepts using adjective: - the man who is walking -- walking man; - the man who can...

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Hi Roman the man who is walking – action walking man – action the man who can walk – ability Best Regards

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Which one is right?



a. The fact that tourists feel safe in one neighborhood but not in another probably depends on their...

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There is no difference between 'depend' and 'depends'. It's just the subject-verb agreement.

It means, if the subject is singular, the verb shall be plural and vice-versa.

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Hi Nicah Nichole
The word series is both singular and plural. It can be used as a singular or as a plural, depending on the context, and pronounced identically.

I watched the series last year A series of earthquakes hit the region

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Marina
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Is it possible to say 'Firsts' meaning plural for 'first group of people'?



The example is the next. 'There are people who look for their own way of living a life. And there ar...

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Hello, Marina. While this is not a customary use, I am guessing the writer has created a new meaning for his/her own purposes, possibly based on the concept of indigenous "first peoples" of various cultures. I would be curious about the context of the statement. Best wishes, Paul L.

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Glasses, fans, oxen

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Hi there!

The plural for radius is radii or radiuses.

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Hi there, Murnie!

The plural of chicken is chickens.

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Hi Dennish In English there is a small group of nouns that exist only in the plural form. They are "plural-only nouns" and do not exist in the singular form. We use plural verbs and plural pronouns with them.

“Trousers” is one of them.
Others are: clothes, pants, scissors, shorts, thanks We say some trousers or a pair of trousers. We say a "pair of" or "pairs of" to quantify them

The dog snapped at my trousers. His new trousers ripped when he bent down. Mother bought me a pair of trousers. Her trousers have patches all over them.

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