DK Grammar Guide

179 “That” and “those” can be used in place of a noun phrase to mean “the one” or “the ones.” “These” and “those” can replace pl ...

180 “No” and “none” both show the absence or lack of something. “No” is always used with a noun, whereas “none” replaces a noun ...

181 “None” can replace “no” plus noun to indicate a lack of something. “None of ” is used before pronouns and nouns with determi ...

182 “Each / every” See also: Singular and plural nouns 69 In most cases, there is no difference in meaning between “each” and “e ...

183 “Each” is used to talk separately about every member of a group. “Each” is also used when talking about small numbers. “Ever ...

184 “Either,” “neither,” and “both” are used in situations where two options are being described. They indicate that one, two, o ...

185 “Either of,” “neither of,” and “both of ” are used before a plural pronoun or a determiner plus a plural noun. Plural person ...

186 The first two options are separated with a comma. “Either... or” and “neither... nor” are used to compare options, usually n ...

187 The verb agrees with the second, singular noun. The verb agrees with the second, plural noun. The verb can be singular or pl ...

188 PROPER NOUNS COMMON NOUNS Nouns that refer to specific names of people, places, days, and months are called proper nouns, an ...

189 “Man” and “woman,” and words made from them, such as in job names, have irregular plural forms. Some other nouns have comple ...

190 Countable and uncountable nouns In English, nouns can be countable or uncountable. Countable nouns can be individually count ...

191 QUESTIONS ABOUT QUANTITIES “Many ” is used to ask questions about quantities of countable nouns, and “much” to ask questions ...

192 PLURAL NOUNS WITH SINGULAR AGREEMENT FURTHER EXAMPLES Subject–verb agreement One of the basic principles of English is that ...

193 COLLECTIVE NOUNS Collective nouns have a singular form, but refer to a number of people or objects as a group. In US English ...

194 Most abstract nouns are uncountable. Some, however, can be either countable or uncountable, and the two forms often mean sli ...

195 COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE ABSTRACT NOUNS Some abstract nouns have both countable and uncountable forms. The forms have a sli ...

196 Compound nouns are two or more nouns that act as a single unit. The first noun(s) modifies the last, in a similar way to an ...

197 PLURAL COMPOUND NOUNS Two or more nouns can be put with another noun to modify it. This structure is common in newspaper hea ...

198 Cardinal numbers are used for counting and saying how many of something there are. Ordinal numbers give the position of some ...