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When notion and grammar disagree

One of the earliest and most useful grammar rules in English is that a verb should always agree with its subject in both person and number.
Follow Speedy Pete's adventures and mishaps as he gets to grips with modal verbs. Suitable for teaching English Language at Key Stage 3 or Third Level.
Phrasal verbs are often used in spoken and informal English instead of a more formal verb. I don’t believe that story. I think he made it up! (invented it) ...
Watch out! Thundergoats are dropping in and making sentences with their magic hammers. Your task? Make the sentences more ...
Oddly enough, the one language that doesn’t seem to pre-think its nouns as thoroughly as its verbs is English, Seifart and Bickel found.