Anonymous  +  232007 Sat, 03 Jun 06 08:32 AM Her dad saw the young kid kissing her younger daughter. And The young kid went as fast as he could. Her father said, " That would be coward/cowardly ". Questions Are the above setences correct ? If the sentence(  can you use " that " as subject in the setence ?) in the quotation is correct, what is difference between " coward " and " cowardly" in the sentence ?  Does " that " need to captialize ? Is the period  inside or outside the quotation ? Thanks Anonymous Verbs, Difference Between, Nouns, Adverbs

	Mister Micawber  +  232013 Sat, 03 Jun 06 08:52 AM Her dad saw the young kid kissing her younger daughter. And The young kid went as fast as he could. Her father said, " That would be coward/cowardly How many people do we have here, three or four?  And what are their relationships?  Perhaps I could simplify the sentences a bit first: Her dad saw the young kid kissing her, and the kid ran away as fast as he could.  Her father said, 'That is cowardly'. Questions: 1-- the sentences have been corrected above 2-- Yes, that can be a pronoun subject. 3-- Coward, the noun, is incorrect without an article, determiner or possessive; 'That is a/your coward' would be OK.  Cowardly, the adjective, is required as the subject complement here. 4-- Yes, capitalize the first word of the sentence within quotes. 5-- The period, which serves to close the entire sentence, is outside the quotes (but BrE practice may be different). Mister Micawber Joined on Wed, Aug 4 2004 Yokohama Veteran Member 30,802 'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master-- that's all.' Articles, Verbs, Possessives, Nouns, Pronouns, Adverbs, Determiners

	Marius Hancu  +  232051 Sat, 03 Jun 06 11:46 AM coward doesn't function as an adverb, thus can't be used here as you wanted. but e.g. strong=strongly could. Marius Hancu Joined on Wed, Apr 26 2006 Veteran Member 11,673 Verbs, Nouns, Adverbs