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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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