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singular and plural 523-532
a three-mile walk etc 386.5, 389.15 another I a good three hours etc 532.6 distributive plural (e.g. they opened
their books) 441.4
fractions and decimals 389.2,3 lrelshe or they after each 169.3 helshe or they after either 174.4 hundred and hundreds etc 389.15 irregular and special plurals 524 is/are after what-clause 130.1 mixed structures 529
noun + noun (e.g. a shoe shop) 385.2, 531
nouns and verbs after one of397 one and a half231.5
one ofthe ..• who have/has etc 529.1 plural expressions with singular
verbs 527
plural after here's, there's, where's
532.4
plural with apostrophe (e.g. 1960's)
524.5
plurals of compound nouns 524.6 pronunciation of plurals 525 singular nouns with plural verbs 526 singular and plural with sort ofetc
551.2
spelling of plurals 523
they meaning 'he or she' 222.3, 528 verb after: as well as 532.2; bread and
jam etc 532.2; each 169.2; either of 174.2; half(oj) 231.1; neither of
372.2; neither . .. nor 373; numberl majority o f etc 526.2; or 532.2; tire rest 501; who and what 532.3
see also separate entries for particular words
sir 363.2; weak and strong form 616.3 size expressions with no preposition
451.8
size use of be 92.2
sky ill tire sky 81.7
slang 533
slang uncountable 148.3
Sleep well 545.20
sleeping and asleep 86.2 sleepy be sleepy 92.1
slow adjective and adverb 27.2;
(adverb) comparative and superlative
138
small and little 534
smell 535; can smell 125.1; progressive
and non-progressive uses 471.3 smile preposition 449
snow preposition 450
5 0 (adverb) meaning 'like this/that'
536; do so 162; even so 189.5; I thinkl Iwpelbelieve etc so 539.1; I don't think/believe etc so 369.3; I told you so 540.2; ifso 261.7; I'm afraid so 28.2; so am 1, so have I etc 541.1; so I hearl
believe etc 539.3; so it is, so I have etc
541.2; so with say and tell 539.3, 540 so (degree adverb) so tired, so fast etc
538; and so much 538.7; and such 569; and very 538.2; ever so 192; exclamations and emphasis 195.3, 184.3; not so ... as 136.2; so ... as to 538.8; so ... tllat 538.4; so warm a day etc 14; verb before subject after so 302.5
50 meaning 'because of this/that' 157.14; so and because not used together 511.1; so and then 537
50asto 289.2
50beit 567.4
50 few 538.6
50 little 538.6
so long as meaning 'on condition that'
263
5 0 much and so 538.7
50 much and so many 542; he didn't so
much as 542.4; ifhe so much as 542.4;
it's not so much . .. aslthat 542.4 50 that and in order that 543
so to speak 157.16
so-and-so 544
so-so 544
social language 545
society without the 68.1, 69.4 socio- (prefix) 445.1
solo plural 523.3
some meanings, pronunciation and
use 546; and any 547; some of546.6; and others 546.7; expressions with no preposition 451.2; some or no article 67; some of whom etc 498.8; weak and strong form 616.3
some time, sometime and sometimes 549
somebody and someone 548; no difference 548.1; position with adjectives 13.6; question tags 488.5; with else 183.1
someplace 548.6
something 548; position with
adjectives 13.6; something else 183.1; + for . .. to 291.6: something that 494.5
sometime and once 393: sometime, sometimes and some time 549
sometimes position 22.3, 24.2: with present perfect 455.6
somewhere 548: position with adjectives 13.6; somewlrere else 183.1; somewhere I can lie down etc 498.6
soon comparative and superlative 138; soon, early and quickly 550
soprano plural 523.3
sorry preposition 449; + -ing form or
infinitive 299.14; sorry about not followed by that 453.2; Sorry and
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