DK Grammar Guide
199 You can say “one hundred” or “a hundred.” Both are correct. Don’t add “s” to “hundred,” “thousand,” or “million.” In UK Engl ...
200 In the US, people often describe dates by writing cardinal numbers and saying ordinal numbers. In the UK, people use ordinal ...
201 The % symbol is written and spoken as “percent.” “Per cent” is also sometimes written in UK English. Percentages are normall ...
202 In English there are many ways to express general or specific quantities, say whether quantities are adequate, and compare d ...
203 “ENOUGH / TOO MANY” WITH COUNTABLE NOUNS FURTHER EXAMPLES “Enough,” “not enough,” and “too many ” are used to to talk about ...
204 “A LOT OF” AND “LOTS OF” FURTHER EXAMPLES “A lot of ” and “lots of ” are commonly used informally before uncountable nouns a ...
205 “FEW” FOR SMALL NUMBERS “QUITE A FEW” AND “QUITE A BIT (OF)” FOR BIG QUANTITIES FURTHER EXAMPLES FURTHER EXAMPLES The phrase ...
206 FURTHER EXAMPLES FURTHER EXAMPLES “FEWER” AND “LESS” “Fewer” and “less” are used to show that there is a smaller quantity or ...
207 It is important to remember the distinction between countable and uncountable nouns when using “fewer” and “less.” “Fewer” i ...
208 If specific figures are known, it can be useful to give them. However, more general terms may be needed if figures are not k ...
209 Indicate that the quantity is not exact. Indicates that the difference is small. Indicates that the difference is large. Ind ...
210 Personal pronouns are used to replace nouns in a sentence. They can refer to people or things and have different forms depen ...
211 Object pronouns replace the object of a sentence. Most of them have a different form from the equivalent subject pronoun. OB ...
212 Reflexive pronouns Reflexive pronouns show that the subject of a verb is the same as its object. They can also be used in ot ...
213 Several verbs that are followed by reflexive pronouns in other languages are not normally followed by a reflexive pronoun in ...
214 Adding the reflexive pronoun at the end of the clause emphasizes that the action was not done by someone else. Adding the re ...
215 When two or more people or things perform the same action to the other, “each other” is used instead of a reflexive pronoun. ...
216 Indefinite pronouns Indefinite pronouns, such as “anyone,” “someone,” and “everyone,” are used to refer to a person or objec ...
217 “Everyone” refers to a whole group of people. “No one” means no person in a group. “EVERYONE” AND “NO ONE” “Everybody ” mean ...
218 “Something ” and “anything ” refer to an unspecified or unnamed object or thing. “Something ” can only be used in questions ...
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