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Hi, Ardith Hinton! -> Alexander Koryagin
I read your message from 20.05.2021 23:16


 AK>> Maybe our honorable teachers can give a homework for us?
 AH> Ahh. There's an invitation I can't refuse... [chuckle].
 AH> Homework, BTW, is not countable but homework assignments are.

A good piece of information. ;-)

 AK>> Do you have school tests on Grammar rules etc?

 AH> Tests, no. A grade 9/10 grammar textbook which includes questions,
 AH> yes. I may be able to get some ideas from it. Meanwhile:


 1)  "Etc." is an abbreviation which calls for a period, but
     you're also asking a question here.  AFAIC it's okay to
     use a period followed by a question mark in such cases.

But when I asked my question with "etc" I didn't use quotes, did I? So my
quostion was correct? Another sentence can be:
Do you have a special rule on "etc."?
Also: AFAIK


 2)  Can you pluralize these words?

I will not ask Google. ;)

         tooth  _teeth_

         lens  _it is the plural form_

         cactus _cactuses_ (although I vaguely remember there also is another
form). But my variant is also correct, is it?

         goose  _geese_

         moose  (a new word for me) _the same form in plural_

         mouse  _mice_

         brother-in-law  _brothers-in-law_

         wife  _wives_

         woman  _women_

         index  _indexes_

         memorandum  _memorandums_

         millennium  _millenniums_


 3)  What corrections or improvements would you suggest here?

         Me and Ruth went shopping yesterday.

Hm...  _Ruth and me went for shopping yesterday?_


         I bought this car off of my friend Pete.

       _I've bought this car from my friend Pete_


         Hopefully it won't rain tomorrow.

       _no idea_  maybe a comma after "hopefully".


         I only have $20 in my pocket.

       _??_ I have only (got) $20 in my pocket.

         The reason I didn't hand in my assignment is
          because I forgot it at home.

       If we don't speak about a past event we use The Present Perfect Tense:
       _The reason I haven't handed in my assignment is because I forgot it at
home.

       if we speak about a past event:
       _The reason I didn't handed in my assignment is because I had forgotten
it at home.


        For more information or to buy now, call xxx.

        _For more information or buying it now, call xxx_.


 AK>> Perhaps, it would be fun to make them out.
 AH> I hope you enjoy the above.... :-))

I like it. And I always thought that in the world there should be a special
schools for the people who don't suffering in there and really wants to
learn.  ;-)

Bye, Ardith!
Alexander Koryagin
english_tutor 2021
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