Information + information = informations?
What have infomation, furniture and advice got in common? They’re all uncountable nouns. Uncountable nouns are concepts or materials which aren’t individual objects or events and therefore can’t be counted. They don’t have a plural form – you can’t say informations, furnitures or advices. And you can’t use the indefinite article (a/an) with these nouns, instead use some or the definite article (the): He gave […]
By or until? Getting to the bottom of a common mistake
How would you translate the following German sentence into English? Ich brauche den Bericht bis Ende des Monats. Did you come up with I need the report until the end of the month? I’d be surprised if you were the only one, but it should in fact be I need the report by the end of the month. So […]
A question for the experts
Here’s a nice grammar question for you: Which of the following sentences is/are correct? a) I recommend starting the project next month. b) I recommend to start the project next month. c) I recommend that we start the project next month. The answer is at the bottom of the page. If you got it right, you can give yourself […]
