English Grammar and Usage

When a noun ends in a consonant followed by 'y', the plural is formed by changing the 'y' to 'i' and adding 'es'.

'Ought' is a modal verb that is followed by the 'to' infinitive. 'Had ought' is non-standard and incorrect.

In is the correct preposition for parts of the day like the morning, the afternoon, or the evening.

After the modal 'can', we use the base form of the verb, which is 'play'.

The verb 'consider' is followed by the gerund form of the verb.

Remember followed by a gerund refers to recalling a past event. Posting is the correct choice because the action happened in 1989.

Verbs of perception like watch are followed by an object and the base form of the verb (or a gerund). Play is the correct base form.

Gerunds are used as nouns to represent activities. 'Swimming' is the correct gerund form to act as the subject of the sentence.

The preposition 'in' is used for countries or large geographical areas.

The plural of 'crisis' is 'crises'.

The blank requires an adjective to modify the noun 'places'. 'Imaginary' is the correct adjective form meaning existing only in the imagination.

The sentence requires a possessive pronoun to modify 'origins'. 'Its' is the possessive form, whereas 'it's' is a contraction for 'it is'.

An express train is a train that travels quickly and makes fewer stops than a regular or stopping train.

Ours is a possessive pronoun standing alone as the predicate. Our's is incorrect apostrophe usage, we is a subject pronoun, and our needs a noun after it.

The plural of 'man' is the irregular form 'men'.