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  Oscar Agudelo April 29, 2014 23:50

  Good day, my friend Expector. I need a big favor from you about a doubt I have about english grammar. Perhaps, you´re not a teacher, but I´m sure you have faced many english grammar situations, so please, share with me your experience. This is the doubt:

   I´ve been working as an english teacher for many years, but I have never traveled abroad and text books do not teach everything.   :(

  Right in this moment I´m teaching the use of "some, any, many, much a lot of, a little and a few". The doubts I have are the following:

  Someone says to a friend:

  "Hey, can you lend me 5 dollars? I need to buy a pencil."

  The other guy is out of money, so ... how should he answer?

  "Sorry. I don´t have any dollar in my pockets"

  "Sorry. I don´t have any dollars in my pockets"

  What if he wanted to use "There + be" :

  "Sorry. There isn´t any dollar in my pockets"

  "Sorry. There aren´t any dollars in my pockets"

  I taught my pupils that "any" can be used with either singular or plural nouns:

  "There is not any water in the glass"

  "There are not any glasses on the table"

  But my doubt is when you want to say that there is not even one dollar in your pockets. Should I use "any dollar" or "any dollars"? Are the two answer correct but there is a slight difference between them?

  The other question is about using "a lot of" with singular and plural nouns. "a" means "one", so, you can say "I have a computer" or "I have one computer" ...

  then is it ok when I say "There are a lot of students in that classroom" ? Should I say: "There are lots of students in that classroom" ? Are they both correct? Is there any difference between them?

  I´d really appreciate your help.
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  Lady Anne March 31, 2014 22:17

  Doc, how's your career?  I am sure your patients are keeping you away from EC, hihi!  But you do have an admirable job both as a doctor and an EC moderator.  

  As always as before, here I am visiting your page since fate is kind to me.  I will never start the new adventure without passing your page.  

  Gladly I return, gladly I work.....Oh, you know how we work on EC.  Remember?

  

   
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  Lica January 31, 2014 4:22

  You're welcome!!!
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  Lica January 30, 2014 22:48

  Hello Expector Smith!! You took amazing photos! Congrats, you have talent.
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  Shah January 22, 2014 9:53

  Yellow Ribbon
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  nida December 31, 2013 21:11

  Hello Expector Smith,

  My wishes for you,
  great start for Jan,
  Love for Feb,
  peace for March,
  No worries for April,
  fun for May,
  Joy for June to Nov,
  happiness for Dec.
  Have a lucky and wonderful 2014 

  
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  Alexandra December 20, 2013 13:33

  Good day, Expector Smith!

  I wish you great winter holidays!
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  Alexandra December 5, 2013 14:42

  Hello, Expector Smith! Thank you for your nice comment at my blog! Your photos are great. To see the Chinese Great Wall is something unbelivable for me:)

  Have a good day,

  Alexandra 
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  nida November 10, 2013 14:41

  Hello Expector Smith,

  I didn't know that you weren't in my friends' list. Thanks a lot for sending me a friend request. So kind of you.

  

  Best wishes and regards!

  Good night! :-)
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  nida November 9, 2013 20:26