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英语语法：171 Everybody: Singular or Plural

Grammar Girl here. Today well be talking about indefinite pronouns such as everyone and somebody. Now, guest-writer Bonnie Trenga writes, Everyone Versus Everybody Lately, listeners have asked a lot of questions about indefinite pronouns, such as eve

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Grammar Girl here. Todays topic is when plurals have no singular. A listener named Brent called in with this question: I have a question: how come pants, trousers, slacks, corduroys are all plurals even though there is only one of them? Guest writer

英语语法：101 What Is the Plural of “Mouse”?

Todays topic is irregular plural nouns, odd nouns such as ox and oxen. Robbie from Keene, New Hampshire, called in with this question: One of my friends knows that I'm kind of geeky and into grammar and was asking me about adding the 's' onto words t

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Grammar Girl here. Todays topic is when plurals have no singular. A listener named Brent called in with this question: I have a question: how come pants, trousers, slacks, corduroys are all plurals even though there is only one of them? Guest writer

英语语法：97 Between Singular and Plural Nouns

Grammar Girl here. Today guest-writer Bonnie Trenga will help us talk about tricky sentences that make you question whether you should use a singular or plural verb. Today were talking about a tricky kind of sentence that causes you to make a mistake

英文笑话：The Plural Form of "Child" “孩子”的复数形式

Teacher: What is the plural of Man, Tom? Tom: Men. Teacher: Good. And the plural of child? Tom: Twins. 老师：汤姆，男人这个词的复数形式是什么？ 汤姆：男人们。 老师：答得好。那孩子的复数形式呢？ 汤姆：双胞胎。

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英语语法：48 Everybody: Singular or Plural

Grammar Girl here. Today well be talking about indefinite pronouns such as everyone and somebody. Now, guest-writer Bonnie Trenga writes, Everyone Versus Everybody Lately, listeners have asked a lot of questions about indefinite pronouns, such as eve

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Jeremy Lin takes up Yao's mantle

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What a week its been for Jeremy Lin. 过去的一周，对于林书豪来说意义非凡。 With five breakout games, the Taiwanese-American has become the NBAs newest playmaking sensation. 经历五场屡破记录的比赛，这位美籍台湾球员成

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