
word usage - What do you call a subcategory of a subcategory
4 What do you call a subcategory of a subcategory? Is there any particular term that can be used or should I use any other words such as group, set, collection etc.? Edit: For Example if A is a category, …
Class, Category, Type - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
Oct 10, 2015 · The cat belongs to the class of all animals. [In other words, "all animals" is a class, of which "the cat" is a subclass.] Cat belongs to the category animal. [In other words, animal is a …
'Feel strongly' vs 'strongly feel' - English Language Learners Stack ...
Apr 10, 2025 · In the usage considered ("feel strongly") the adverb "strongly" is an adverb of the sort called a " booster ", which is a subcategory of a class of adverbs called " amplifiers ", itself a subsort …
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Apr 14, 2014 · Would anyone kindly explain the difference between these? Possible Probable I have searched dictionaries and on all over the Internet, but I have not been able to understand yet what …
singular vs plural - When do I say "food" or "foods"? - English ...
Oct 28, 2016 · As I have read that the noun "food" is generally uncountable, I am not quite sure when I should use "food" as a countable noun. For instance, Chicken and rice are food or Chicken and rice …
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Dec 9, 2023 · All gerunds are a subcategory of verb functions/forms, so the choice cannot be between gerund and verb, but between gerund and some other type of verb function/form, such as a …
word choice - fall into a category vs. fall under a category - English ...
Falls under category is to be used when you already have referred to the names of the category. For example We first divided voters into three categories, A, B, and C. Voters aged less than 30 falls …
grammar - What does "from year to year" mean? - English Language ...
That the plant lives from year to year means that it does not die after one year — or, more accurately, one growing season. In fact, the explanation for perennial from Wikipedia makes this more clear: A …
"some of its usages includes ..." vs "some of its usages include ..."
Apr 11, 2014 · The form "includes" can al;so be used when discussign a subcategory in relation to the larger category: The set of real numbers includes all the rational numbers.
Which sentence is grammatically correct and why?
May 16, 2015 · Rather, its properties are more like those of a noun (more like a pronoun which is a subcategory of noun)--w.r.t. a modern grammar like H&P's CGEL. And many words don't cleanly fit …