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Ask the Editor Archive: 2016

How to Use "Could," "Would," and "Should"
Monday December 19th 2016
What is the difference between could, would, and should?  —  Learners Everywhere
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Using Who and Whom
Monday December 12th 2016
How do we use who and whom correctly?  —  Shrivalsan , India
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Much, Many, Count Nouns, and Mass Nouns
Monday December 5th 2016
What is the difference between "How much" and "How many"?  —  Alejandro , Dominican Republic
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Difference, Divergence, Diversity
Tuesday November 29th 2016
What do difference, divergence, and diversity mean, and how are they different?  —  Omar , Kenya
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When to Use 'Many' and 'Many of'
Wednesday November 23rd 2016
What is the difference between "many" and "many of"?  —  Elene , Iran
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The Perfect Progressive Tenses
Monday November 14th 2016
What is the perfect progressive tense and how is it used?  —  Learners everywhere
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When to Capitalize School Subjects
Friday November 4th 2016
Do we capitalize school subjects such as math, biology, and chemistry?  —  Abdul , Saudi Arabia
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When to Capitalize Kinship Names
Friday October 28th 2016
In the sentence "My grandma says hi" should grandma be capitalized?  —  Ella , United States
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How to Caption a Photo with Pronouns
Thursday October 20th 2016
Should a photo caption read "Jane and I" or "Jane and me"?  —  Lou , United States
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How to Use Effective and Efficient
Wednesday October 12th 2016
What is the difference between effective and efficient?  —  Csaba , Hungary
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How to Use Assure and Ensure
Tuesday October 4th 2016
What is the difference between assure and ensure?  —  Sandra , United States
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Collective Nouns and Verb Agreement
Monday September 26th 2016
Do collective nouns need a plural verb?  —  Ajoy , India
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How to use see, look, watch, hear, and listen
Friday September 16th 2016
What is the difference between see, look, and watch? What about hear and listen?  —  Ambuj , India
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"House" and "Home"
Thursday September 8th 2016
What is the difference between a house and a home?  —  Vasu , India
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Intensive and Reflexive Pronouns
Thursday September 1st 2016
Is this sentence correct: "I itself don't know"?  —  Herleen , India
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There, Their, and They're
Wednesday August 24th 2016
How do I correctly use there and their?  —  Aaron , United States
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"I've been better" and "I've never been better"
Wednesday August 17th 2016
What's the difference between "I've been better" and "I've never been better" and when is it appropriate to use the latter?  —  pyromojo , Thailand
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Pronunciation of -ed Endings on Verbs
Tuesday August 9th 2016
How is the -ed part of a verb pronounced? Is there more than one way to pronounce it?  —  Learners around the world
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Nouns ending in -ness
Friday July 29th 2016
What does "-ness" mean at the end of an adjective?  —  Fabio , Colombia
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The Difference Between "Few" and "A Few"
Friday July 22nd 2016
What is the difference between "few" and "a few"?  —  Felipe , Mexico
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How to use "then" and "than"
Thursday July 14th 2016
How do I correctly use then and than?  —  Learners around the world
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The Difference Between At the End and By the End
Wednesday July 6th 2016
What's the difference between at the end and by the end?  —  Basma , Egypt
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Probably Won't and Might Not
Monday June 27th 2016
What is the difference between "he probably won't become a doctor" and "he might not become a doctor"?  —  Mohmmad , Iran
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Split Infinitives
Monday June 20th 2016
What is the difference between "to not" and "not to" and can they be used interchangeably?  —  Karzan , Iraq
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The Difference Between Neither and Either
Friday June 10th 2016
What is the difference between neither and either, and how are they used?  —  Dexs , Philippines
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What does it mean to "take to" something?
Friday June 3rd 2016
What is the meaning of "took right to something" as in "It was amazing how some of them took right to the sport"?  —  Rusydi , Indonesia
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When to Use "Did You Know" Instead of "Do You Know"
Friday May 27th 2016
Why do we say "did you know" rather than "do you know"?  —  D.M. , Pakistan
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Slow, Slowly, and Flat Adverbs
Friday May 20th 2016
Is slow an adjective and slowly an adverb?  —  Maryam , Iran
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How to Use "Affect" and "Effect"
Friday May 13th 2016
What is the difference between affect and effect?  —  Shumail , Canada
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Using "Said" with Direct and Indirect Speech
Friday May 6th 2016
When converting indirect speech into direct speech, when should we use said and said to?  —  Users Everywhere
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What does it mean to "raise eyebrows"?
Thursday April 28th 2016
What does it mean to "raise eyebrows"?  —  Sammy , Ghana
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How to Use Active and Passive Voice
Wednesday April 20th 2016
What is passive voice and how do you use it?  —  Somi , Taiwan
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The difference between among and between
Monday April 11th 2016
What is the difference between among and between?  —  Abinash , India
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Present Perfect and Simple Past Verb Tenses
Tuesday April 5th 2016
What is the difference between the present perfect and the simple past?  —  Medshel , Saudi Arabia
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Should I use "you and me" or "you and I"?
Monday March 28th 2016
Should I use you and me or you and I?  —  Markuitar , United States
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Nevertheless
Tuesday March 22nd 2016
What does nevertheless mean?  —  Fatima , India
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Irregular plural nouns
Monday March 14th 2016
Why is the plural of fish still fish and not fishes?  —  Annabella , United States
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Compound subjects and verb agreement
Monday March 7th 2016
Which is correct, butter and milk is for breakfast or butter and milk are for breakfast?  —  Aqsa , Saudi Arabia
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How do you know whether to use "a" or "an"?
Wednesday February 24th 2016
How do you know whether to use a or an in front of a noun phrase?  —  Shunt , United States
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I COULDN'T care less or I COULD care less?
Monday February 1st 2016
What does “I couldn’t care less” mean, and which is correct, couldn't or could?  —  Judith , United States
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How to answer the question "How are you?"
Friday January 29th 2016
In the U.S., if someone asks "How are you?" and you're feeling sick, how should you answer?  —  English learner
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Understanding word parts like techno-, -phobe, and -phile
Monday January 25th 2016
What do technophobe and technophile mean?  —  Ali Mohammed Zeiada , Egypt
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