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David Crystal, author of The Cambridge Encyclopaedia of the English Language^ wrote, "In the popular mind, grammar has become difficult and distant, removed from real life, and practised chiefly by a race of shadowy people (grammarians) whose tech¬nical apparatus and terminology require a lengthy novitiate before it can be mastered . | MORE ABOUT VERBS 109 acts of multiplying and dividing demonstrate a student s understanding and command of number principles. The question should not be whether you do it but how well you do it. In this section we study some more terms which are very simple in concept and provide us with more language to talk about language - invaluable for studying a foreign one - and skills for the improvement of written expression. As we think about the categories to follow we learn much more about how our fascinating language works. If an alien from outer space were to land on earth and see a box for the first time we might try to explain that it was a container to put things in. If we were then to actually put things into the box the meaning would be so much more real. In the same way the more clearly we can demonstrate and practise our explanations the better they will be understood. We can think of verbs as the hub of every sentence. A sentence need not include an adjective an adverb a preposition or an object but it must contain at least one finite verb. Subjects matching verbs The subject of a sentence must match its verb. This applies mainly to number but there are some pronouns that cause confusion and warrant attention. Clear thinking enables us to avoid mistakes. Consider the following pronouns Singular none not one anyone someone everybody everyone either neither one Plural both two several more than two but not many For example no one neither has arrived but both all have arrived 110 GRAMMAR FOR EVERYONE Uncountable forms are mainly in the singular. For example much little less . Too much rain floods sing. the river Take care with the pronoun some which can refer to an unspecified number in the plural or an uncountable quantity. Consider which is the case here Too much food is sing. bad for you. There are many foods available - some are better for you than others. Similarly it is correct to say May I have less meat you cannot count meat but we must ask for fewer .
