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[wptabcontent]514 Advice.[/wptabcontent]
    [wptabcontent] Don't say: Nick gave me some good advices.
Say: Nick gave me some good advice.

Note :  Whe n we  mean only one thin g  we  say a  piece of advice :  
Let me give you  a  piece  of advice. [/wptabcontent]

[wptabcontent]515  Information.[/wptabcontent]
    [wptabcontent] Don't say:  Can you give me  any informations?
Say:  Can you give me any information?

Note :  When we  mean  only one  thin g we say an  ite m  or a  bit of  information :
He  gave  me. a. useful  item  of information. [/wptabcontent]


[wptabcontent]516 Furniture.[/wptabcontent]
    [wptabcontent] Don't say: Furnitures  are  often made  of wood.
Say: Furniture is often made of wood.

Note :  Furniture is a singular nou n  and always takes a  singular verb and pronoun.
  A  piece of furnitur e  means on e thing  only. [/wptabcontent]


[wptabcontent]517 Luggage.[/wptabcontent]
    [wptabcontent] Don't say: Her luggages are at the station.
Say: Her luggage is at the station.

Note:  Baggage , another wor d for luggage , can't be used  in  the plural either :
The  baggage  is  ready  for  the  train. [/wptabcontent]


[wptabcontent]518  Damage.[/wptabcontent]
    [wptabcontent] Don't say: The fire caused  many  damages.
Say: The  fire  caused much  damage.

Note : The plural  for m damage s denotes money paid to make good a 
 loss: The insurance. company  paid. the. man. damages.
 [/wptabcontent]


[wptabcontent]519  Work.[/wptabcontent]
    [wptabcontent] Don't say: Today I've many works to do.
Say: Today I've  a  lot  of  work to  do.

Note : The  plural for m work s  means a factory or the writings of  an author:
The  works  of Shakespeare  are  many.  I  visited  the  steel  works. [/wptabcontent]


[wptabcontent]520  Character.[/wptabcontent]
    [wptabcontent] Don't say: The  school builds good  characters.
Say: The school builds  good  character.

Note : The  plural for m characters denotes the  letters of the 
alphabet or the people in a book or play.
 [/wptabcontent]


[wptabcontent]521 Hair.[/wptabcontent]
    [wptabcontent] Don't say: That man has long hairs.
Say: That man has long hair.

Note . Whe n we use  hair to denote a single thread ,  the plural for m  is hairs:
I  found  two  long  hairs  in. my  food.
 [/wptabcontent]


[wptabcontent]522  Bread.[/wptabcontent]
    [wptabcontent] Don't say:  Breads are sold at the baker's.
Say: Bread is sold at the baker's.

Note :  We can  say  a  loaf  of  bread  and  loave s  of  bread :
  I bought a  loaf (two , three,. etc., loaves ]. of bread.
 [/wptabcontent]


[wptabcontent]523 Fish.[/wptabcontent]
    [wptabcontent]Don't say: Yesterday we  had  fishes for  dinner.
Say: Yesterday we had  fish for dinner.

Note : Fish as foo d or in bulk (= large numbers) is always singular. We rarely use
the plural  for m (fishes) which  denotes fish individually: I caught three small fishes. [/wptabcontent]



[wptabcontent]524 Fruit.[/wptabcontent]
    [wptabcontent] Don't say:  We  didn't have many fruits this summer.
Say: We didn't have much fruit this summer.

Note: We rarely use the plural form fruits which means different kinds of fruit:
Cyprus produces oranges, apricots, and other fruits.
 [/wptabcontent]



[wptabcontent]525 Grass.[/wptabcontent]
    [wptabcontent] Don't say: The dog lay down on the grasses.
Say: The dog lay down on the grass.
 [/wptabcontent]



[wptabcontent]526  Dozen.[/wptabcontent]
    [wptabcontent] Don't say: I want to buy three dozens eggs.
Say: I want to buy three dozen eggs.

Note: (A dozen = 12): I'd like to buy a dozen eggs. When dozen isn't preceded by a 
numeral (like three) or by a we use the plural form: There were dozens of eggs.
 [/wptabcontent]



[wptabcontent]527 Hundred, etc.[/wptabcontent]
    [wptabcontent] Don't say: The town has fifty  thousands people .
Say: The town has  fifty thousand people.

Note: Hundred, thousand, and million take the plural form if they're not
 preceded by a numeral or by a: Thousands of people were present. [/wptabcontent]



[wptabcontent]528 Sheep.[/wptabcontent]
    [wptabcontent] Don't say: Ten sheeps are grazing th e field.
Say:. Ten sheep are grazing in the field.

Note: Sheep, deer, salmon, and a few other nouns have the same
 form for singular and plural. We say one sheep or te n sheep.
 [/wptabcontent]

[wptabcontent]529  Knowledge.[/wptabcontent]
    [wptabcontent] Don't say:  Karen has good knowledges of history.
Say: Karen has a good knowledge of history.
530  Progress.
Don't say: Tom has made great progresses.
Say: Tom has made great progress. [/wptabcontent]


[wptabcontent]530  Progress.[/wptabcontent]
    [wptabcontent] Don't say: Tom has made great progresses.
Say: Tom has made great progress.
 [/wptabcontent]


[wptabcontent]531 Thunder and Lightning.[/wptabcontent]
    [wptabcontent] Don't say: There were  thunders and lightnings.
Say:  There was thunder and lightning.
Note: When only one thing is meant we say a clap of thunder and a flash or
bolt of lightning. [/wptabcontent]


[wptabcontent]532  Machinery.[/wptabcontent]
    [wptabcontent] Don't say: They're  now using new machineries.
Say:  They're  now  using  new  machinery.

Note: Machinery is a singular noun and always takes a singular verb
 and pronoun. We can say a piece of machinery or pieces of machinery.
 [/wptabcontent]


[wptabcontent]533 Mathematics, etc. + singular verb.[/wptabcontent]
    [wptabcontent] Don't say: Mathematics are  not easy to  learn.
Say: Mathematics is not easy to  learn.

Note: The names of sciences and subjects ending in -ics (like mathematics,
physics, politics, gymnastics) generally take a singular verb.
 [/wptabcontent]


[wptabcontent]534 Money + singular verb.[/wptabcontent]
    [wptabcontent] Don't say:  All her money are kept in the bank.
Say: All her money is kept in the bank.

Note: Money is a singular noun and always takes a singular verb and pronoun.
 [/wptabcontent]


[wptabcontent]535 News + singular verb.[/wptabcontent]
    [wptabcontent] Don't say: I'm glad that the news are good.
Say: I'm glad that the news is good.

Note: News, though plural in form, always takes a singular verb. If only one thing 
is meant we say a piece or an item of news: This Is a good piece of news.

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[wptabcontent]536 Scissors, etc. + plural verb.[/wptabcontent]
    [wptabcontent] Don't say: The scissor is lying on the table.
Say:The scissors are lying on the table.

Note: All names of things consisting of two parts (like scissors, trousers, spectacles, shears, pliers)
 take a plural verb. We can say: a pair of (scissors, etc.) is ...
 [/wptabcontent]


[wptabcontent]537 People + plural verb.[/wptabcontent]
    [wptabcontent] Don't say: There is lots of people in the cinema.
 Say: There are lots of people in the cinema.

Note: People, meaning nation, is singular. The plural is peoples: The Greeks
 are a brave people. The peoples of Europe are often engaged in war.
 [/wptabcontent]


[wptabcontent]538 Clothes + plural verb.[/wptabcontent]
    [wptabcontent] Don't say: Your cloth is very fashionable.
Say: Your clothes are very fashionable.

Note: Cloth, meaning the material of which clothes are made, is singular, and has a plural 
form cloths (without the e): She cleaned the table with a cloth, Merchants sell different kinds of cloths. [/wptabcontent]



[wptabcontent]539 Riches + plural verb.[/wptabcontent]
    [wptabcontent] Don't say: All her riches was stolen.
Say: All her riches were stolen.

Note: Riches is a plural noun and always takes a plural verb. [/wptabcontent]


[wptabcontent]540 Wages + plural verb.[/wptabcontent]
    [wptabcontent] Don't say: Keith complains that his wage is low.
Say: Keith complains that his wages are low.

Note: Wages is a plural noun and takes a plural verb. We say: a living wage. [/wptabcontent]


[wptabcontent]541 Billiards.[/wptabcontent]
    [wptabcontent] Don't say: Billiard is a very difficult game.
Say: Billiards is a very difficult game.

Note: Billiards, draughts, darts are always plural, 
but are followed by verbs in the singular. [/wptabcontent]


[wptabcontent]542 Misuse of the adjective in the plural.[/wptabcontent]
    [wptabcontent] Don't say: The rich have a duty to help the poors.
Say: The rich have a duty to help the poor.

Note: Adjectives can't take the plural form, even when they're used as nouns in the plural. [/wptabcontent]


[wptabcontent]543 Misuse of as well as with a plural verb.[/wptabcontent]
    [wptabcontent] Don't say: Tom as well as Mark are coming.
Say: Tom as well as Mark is coming.

Two singular nouns joined by as well as require the verb to be singular. [/wptabcontent]


[wptabcontent]544 Misuse of all (= everything) with a plural verb.[/wptabcontent]
    [wptabcontent] Don't say: Nothing's left; all are lost.
Say: Nothing's left; all is lost.

All meaning everything, takes a singular verb, all meaning 
everybody, takes a plural verb: All of us are present.
 [/wptabcontent]


[wptabcontent]545 Misuse of the plural before kind or sort.[/wptabcontent]
    [wptabcontent] Don't say: I don't like these kind of games.
Say: I don't like this kind of game.
Or: I don't like games of this kind.

Note: The demonstrative word (this/that etc.) must agree with its noun.
 In the example, kind is singular and so this must agree with it.
 [/wptabcontent]


[wptabcontent]546 Misuse of the plural with the name of a language.[/wptabcontent]
    [wptabcontent] Don't say: English are easier than German.
Say: English is easier than German.

Names of languages are singular and always take a singular verb.
 [/wptabcontent]


[wptabcontent]547 Misuse of one and parts of one with the singular.[/wptabcontent]
    [wptabcontent] Don't say: I read it in one and a half hour.
Say: I read it in one and a half hours.

In English, use the plural with anything greater than one, even if it's less than two.
 [/wptabcontent]


[wptabcontent]548  Misuse of the singular with a collective noun of  plurality.[/wptabcontent]
    [wptabcontent] Don't say: The class was divided in its opinion.
Say: The class were divided in their opinions.

A collective noun usually takes a singular verb, but when it denotes 
the individual members of the group and not the group as a whole use a plural verb.
 [/wptabcontent]


[wptabcontent]549  The number and A number.[/wptabcontent]
    [wptabcontent] (a) The  number.
Don't say: The number of pupils are increasing.
Say: The number of pupils is increasing.
(b) A  number.
Don't say: A number of pupils is absent today.
Say: A number of pupils are absent today.

When we precede number by the it denotes a unit and is singular.
 When it's preceded by a it means several or many and is plural. [/wptabcontent]


[wptabcontent]550  Misuse of  This for These.[/wptabcontent]
    [wptabcontent] Don't say: This errors are sometimes made by foreigners.
Say:  These  errors  are  sometimes  made  by  foreigners.

This changes to these if the noun that follows is in the plural.

Note: Also avoid the use of this instead of the personal pronoun: John had the book but
 he gave this to his brother should be John had the book but he gave it to his brother.
 [/wptabcontent]


[wptabcontent]551  Misuse of There is for There are.[/wptabcontent]
    [wptabcontent] Don't say: There is some girls waiting outside.
Say:. There are some girls waiting outside.

There is changes to there are if the noun that follows is the plural.
 [/wptabcontent]


[wptabcontent]552  Misuse of You was for You were.[/wptabcontent]
    [wptabcontent] Don't say: You was very foolish to do that.
Say: You were very foolish to do that.
Was is singular and were is plural, but with the
 pronoun you, even when it's singular in meaning, we always use were.

Note: In conditions and wishes we can use were with the singular: If I were
you, I'd go, I wish I were rich.
 [/wptabcontent]


[wptabcontent]553 Misuse of life, etc., for lives, etc.[/wptabcontent]
    [wptabcontent] Don't say: Many people lost their life at sea.
Say: Many people lost their lives at sea.

In English, we use words like life, heart soul, body, mind
 in the plural when they refer to more than one person. [/wptabcontent]


[wptabcontent]554 Agreement of number between noun and verb.[/wptabcontent]
    [wptabcontent] Don't say: A large supply of toys are expected.
Say: A large supply of toys is expected.
(b) Such.
Don't say: I've never seen a so large animal before.
Say: I've never seen such a large animal before.

So is an adverb, and must qualify an adjective or another 
adverb. Such is an adjective and must qualify a noun.
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