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How do you find friends here? Just add people to your list like crazy?
I am just curious about how you guys find friends here. If you are interested in someone (or his/her profile), do you just go ahead and add the person to your list of friends (assuming the person will accept the request) or do try chatting to the person first and then try adding him/her as your friend?
I think I just would like to know if it would be (im)proper to add people to your friend list without chatting first. Thanks for your comments.
By now, you might wonder why I ask this question. Well, I have been here for a couple of weeks and have made a few friends here. But I would like to make friends to practice English with or to exchange our native languages.
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"X and Y are a group" or "X and Y is a group"?
OK, say in a class, the students are asked to form study-groups. And suppose Tom and Jean decide to form a group (of two of them only). Then should we say "Tom and Jean are a group" or "Tom and Jean is a group"?
Or, maybe... there are better ways to express that? Thanks for your help.
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"Does anyone of you know ..." or "Do anyone of you know ..."?
Should I say "does anyone of you know the answer" or "do anyone of you know the answer"?
I am inclined to "Does anyone of you ....". My reasoning is that the subject of the sentence is "anyone".
But, once upon a time, I was told that the correct usage should be "Do anyone of you ...".
So I am kind of confused now. Could anyone of you help me? Thanks in advance.
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"more than one book" or "more than one books"?
Q: should I say "Tom has more than one book" or "Tom has more than one books"?
It is likely that the single form "book" should be used as it is after "one". But I am not 100% sure.
The reason why I ever considered "more than one books" is the following: As "more than one" means 2 or more, the noun following "more than one" should be in plural form.
Your help will be greatly appreciated.
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