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Is 'summons' a singular or plural noun? If it is a singular noun, can we use it in plural form?

 Is 'summons' a singular or plural noun? If it is a singular noun, can we use it in plural form?

Ans. Yes, the noun 'summons' is a singular noun. But we can add 'es' to make it plural in the form.

Example: Three summonses have been issued to him.

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What's the difference between “Where do you live?” and “Where do you reside?

 What's the difference between “Where do you live?” and “Where do you reside?

If we understand these two sentences “Where do you live?” and ‘Where do you reside? at the deeper level of the meanings, the speaker intends to convey to the listener, it is clear that the speaker wants to know the actual address of the listener.

Sometimes, the speaker may intend to know the permanent address of another person by asking ‘Where do you live?’

In the sentence ‘Where do you reside?’ it may be the speaker wants to know the temporary address of the person.

But grammatically, both sentences are correct.

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Which one is correct, "the complaint is still not resolved" or "the complaint is still not sorted out"? And why?

 In my opinion, in the first part of the question “the complaint is still not resoved",the speaker wants to convey the meaning to the listener that the Complaint under consideration is still pending. It requires some more time for reaching some conclusion. It may involve some discussion before finding out its solution.

The part of the question “the complaint is still not sorted out” indicates towards the same meaning but with a difference.

It shows that the speaker is visualising and expecting a quick solution to the complaint. He is not imagining that it may involve some discussion in order to reach a reasonable conclusion. Using ‘sort out ‘ makes the situation informal.

What is "applause", a countable noun or a non-countable noun?

 What is "applause", a countable noun or a non-countable noun?

Applause is an abstract noun. So it is uncountable noun.

We have similar uncountable nouns like ‘honesty, anger, celebration, etc. Countable nouns can be made plural in form by adding ‘s' or ‘es'

But uncountable nouns are singular in form.