Jan 2, 2016 · One would certainly say "Alex's" and not "Alex'." For names ending in the letter s, either just ' or 's is acceptable, although I believe that 's is more common with the plain ' being reserved for plurals that end in s. For example, one would say "That is Dolores's car," but you would say "That is the lions' pen."

Deciding which verb form to use in the predicate is almost always a matter of simple maths. A singular subject takes a singular verb, and a plural subject takes a plural verb.

Aug 23, 2018 · "Alex is more soft-spoken than she." "Alex is more soft-spoken than her friend." Now, append the word "is" to the above two sentences: "Alex is more soft-spoken than she is." "Alex is more soft-spoken than her friend is." They still make sense, although neither is considered good writing (they aren't wrong, per se, but they ain't great shakes ...

The phrase "knock on the door" typically employs "knock" as a verb, referring to the action of using one's knuckles to hit a door to gain the attention of someone on the other side.

Mar 1, 2022 · Should I use "He and I" or "He and me" I know the correct one in this context is "he and I went to the store", but if I remove "went to the store".

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Dec 17, 2015 · Recently is a general-time adverb. Together with already, yet, just, and many others, it states a non-definite and relative (to the listener or to the speaker) period of time, which could perfectly be sometime in the past (I've got no idea when) as well as sometime in the present (I still have to think about this sometime in the present, maybe a theme for a philosophy paper).

Oct 24, 2015 · I'm always confused when it's correct to use "Me" and when it's correct to use "I"? Can I always replace "I" by "me" (not opposite)?

Alex gets married next month is equally valid. If you want to call that "present tense" you can, but next month clearly establishes that Alex's marriage lies in the future (it's not happening now). –

Dec 1, 2017 · Having said that, I think there is a tinge of racism to not accept e.g. "Myself X" as proper English. My reason for this is no one says that calling a friend "mate" or "dude" is annoying or wrong english.