Anonymous  +  371205 Sun, 27 May 07 04:01 PM Hi, Please answer these. 1. I think Mr. M used the following sentence in responding to one of the posts, and I wonder why there isn't a word like 'preposition' before the quoted word. Why not use the usual simple "into"?  2. I hear a lot that Whom is generally used only in very formal English and wonder which academic situtation (or non-academic situation) would  that be. a) writing a report for a school assignment b) writing for an academic journal    Anonymous Prepositions, Whom

	Mister Micawber  +  371467 Mon, 28 May 07 06:44 AM 1. I think Mr. M used the following sentence (Why not use the usual simple "into"?) in responding to one of the posts, and I wonder why there isn't a word like 'preposition' before the quoted word. -- There is no need for any other word before the quoted word; it is just what it appears to be, a quoted word.  Another example:  "What does 'egregious' mean?" 2. I hear a lot that Whom is generally used only in very formal English and wonder which academic situtation (or non-academic situation) would  that be. a) writing a report for a school assignment -- Yes b) writing for an academic journal -- Yes c) any kind of formal writing, i.e. excluding casual or personal correspondence. Mister Micawber Joined on Wed, Aug 4 2004 Yokohama Veteran Member 30,773 'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master-- that's all.' Prepositions, Whom

	Mister Micawber  +  371860 Tue, 29 May 07 04:24 AM By using the word qua word, it becomes nominalized.  Look at your own sentence:  "where would you say is the modification by 'the' (prepositional phrase, 'the' is the noun object) in that sentence is taking place? 'The' must be modifying a noun, isn't it? ('The' is the noun subject of the question)".  '-Ing' too is a noun object of 'with'-- here, a mere affix has been nominalized! Mister Micawber Nouns, Affix

	Mister Micawber  +  372462 Wed, 30 May 07 09:05 AM You will  have to judge by context.  Are you speaking of '-ing', the omnipresent suffix, or an '-ing' which appears somewhere in the text or context?... which upon second mention becomes the '-ing'. Mister Micawber