English language learners quite often make mistakes in using articles (a/an, the). Their writings are characterised by overuse and under-use of articles and it could be due to factors such as the ...

Could you please explain countable and uncountable nouns? Cake is uncountable in certain cases but countable when we say: She baked some cakes. countable nouns Countable nouns are the names of ...

If someone terribly damages your belongings such as a car and a laptop, angrily you may say, ‘He did a lot of damages to my car.’ There is a problem with the expression because ‘damage’ in this ...

Very recently Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said that “money doesn’t grow on trees” during his speech to the nation where he defended his economic reforms. If the popular saying is changed to “Monies ...

A school of fish is a collective noun that refers to a specific group of things, animals, or people, all with a singular form. Credit: Georgette Douwma/Getty Images There are more than ten different ...

I don't have any trees in my yard rather than I don't have any tree in my yard. There is a slight difference of emphasis here, which is also implicit in your own paired example. In the first sentence, ...