In Word order^x, Verbs^x

It is not so simple as that, Flora, but you have the general idea. Good poetry follows natural word stress and sentence stress (I use 'u' for unstressed and '/' for stressed syllables)-- Trees, by Joyce Kilmer 1 I think that I shall never see u/u/u/u/ 2 A poem as...

Hello guysThank you all for the nice comments.I have thought a similar thing to what KoMountain is saying. Let me use some personal terms. So called SVOC patterns can be classed first into “indispensable-C constructs” and “dispensable-C SVOC constructs”. The indispensable-C SVOC-construct can be...

rvw, you're right. The other day I saw get to as a phrasal verb as well. The problem was the context in which the sentence was in. Although it was an exercise on word order, it asked for verb + object. It didn't make sense. Speaking English as a second language, I can't rely completly on what...

In an exercise entitled word order with verb + object, I found the following sentence: - "He always gets early to the office". I am supposed to correct the position of the adverb since to the office is considered the object and it should come after the verb. - "He always gets to the office...

Hello Roh I'm sorry I misaddressed you. I thought you might be my old friend Roro/Viogner who once posted here a lot. Anyway it doesn’t matter whether you are she or not. Personally I'm interested in the concept of "ergative" just to learn English. Some transitive verbs are rarely used in a...

"to hem in" is the phrasal verb. "in" is the adverbial particle that completes the phrasal verb. It is not used in the typical way a preposition is used, no. "hemmed in the glacier on both sides" is another correct word order, yes. ______ CJ

1. We have juice at home in the refrigerator. 2. Whe have jucie in the refrigerator at home. What's the difference between the two sentences? Thank you very much for your reply.

The more usual word order is "if done carefully", because an adverb of manner is usually placed after the verb form, but I think this is nearly a case of a distinction without a difference. Many speakers prefer "if carefully done", and no one seems to mind. CJ

Hello all, I am applying to take a CELTA course and they gave me an application task to do before I can enter the program. I am having some difficulty with some parts and was wondering if some one would be willing to help me. I use msn messanger under hpainter24@hotmail.com feel free to add me...

Hi Mowgli, Though it may sound strange to you, because of the word order, the correct verb is 'are'. You might get it to sound better if you rearrange the order in the sentence, of what is on the desk, like this: There are pencils, pens, a phone, and pieces of paper on the desk. You wouldn't,...