Foreigner is a noun and refers to a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country: ‘I can tell by your accent that you are a foreigner in these parts.’ The adjective is foreign: ‘I enjoy visiting foreign countries.’ ‘His wife teaches English as a foreign language.’
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Come
Come is used for (1) movement towards the place where the speaker is, was, or intends to be (Move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody), or towards the person being talked about: ‘Come down here!’ ‘Come and look at this.’ ‘Why didn’t he come to see me?’  (2)Reach or arrive: […]
Offence
Offence= (1) a feeling of anger caused by being offended: ‘He took offence at my slightest criticism.’ (2) the team that has the ball (or puck) and is trying to score: ‘Our team has the best offence in the league.’ Commit an offence (NOT do): ‘He is accused of committing various minor offences.’
Number – English editing.
The construction of the number of + plural noun should be used with a singular verb, as in the number of people affected remains small. This is because it is the noun number rather than the noun people which is taken to agree with the verb. In contrast, the similar construction a number of + […]