http://www.englishforums.com/English/EslGeneralEnglishGrammar-Questions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here. <font color=red>DO NOT post paragraphs and compositions here. Post them in our <a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm"><b>Essay, Report and Composition Writing Forum</b></a>.</font>enXMOD (Build: 3615.29165)http://www.englishforums.com/English/InFlowers/wgxwl/post.htm#701955Sun, 26 Apr 2009 09:32:56 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:701955MrPedantic0http://www.englishforums.com/English/InFlowers/wgxwl/post.htm#701955http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-701955.xml1. The bee is sucking nectar on the flower. I would agree that this doesn&#39;t seem to suit your intended meaning, and would be a slightly unusual statement; it confirms the position of the bee, at the moment of taking nectar from the flower MrPhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/InFlowers/wgxwl/post.htm#701888Sun, 26 Apr 2009 08:35:25 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:701888Avangi1http://www.englishforums.com/English/InFlowers/wgxwl/post.htm#701888http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-701888.xmlIf you really wanted to use &quot;of,&quot; I think you&#39;d need to say &quot;sucking the nectar of the flower.&quot; I don&#39;t think &quot;on&quot; works very well.http://www.englishforums.com/English/InFlowers/wgxwl/post.htm#701884Sun, 26 Apr 2009 08:28:49 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:701884Avangi2http://www.englishforums.com/English/InFlowers/wgxwl/post.htm#701884http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-701884.xmlor, The bee is gathering nectar from the flowers.http://www.englishforums.com/English/InFlowers/wgxwl/post.htm#701878Sun, 26 Apr 2009 08:26:54 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:701878Avangi3http://www.englishforums.com/English/InFlowers/wgxwl/post.htm#701878http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-701878.xmlWith &quot;flowers&quot; in the plural, we&#39;d say, The bee is looking /searching for nectar in the flowers. The bee is gathering nectar in the flowers. In the case of a single flower, it would be possible to use &quot;sucking.&quot; The bee is sucking nectar from the flower.&quot; That is, at this particular moment, he is in the act of sucking.http://www.englishforums.com/English/InFlowers/wgxwl/post.htmSun, 26 Apr 2009 08:00:32 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:701839Vincent Teo4http://www.englishforums.com/English/InFlowers/wgxwl/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-701839.xmlCan I say, The bee is sucking nectar in the flowers. The bee is sucking nectar of / on the flower.