OK, excuse my ignorance, but is the slogan grammatically incorrect because one should say '... less limits than x': where 'x' might be 'before Bill C 295 was passed', for instance? "Less" and "fewer"

Would you folks please be so kind as to tell ... After reading the book, I decided to go to bed. As used in the sentence you ask about, "reading" is unquestionably a gerund, a verbal noun. Maybe, maybe not. It depends on if

John Dean filted: Oh you cuddle-monkey you ... Could this thread *be* any more self-referential?...r Those in the dark here may want to consult a new book from Oxford University Press entitled Slayer Slang: A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Lexicon , by

Hi, Your sentence is grammatically correct without needing any further punctuation. It reads well and its rhythm flows naturally, although, I must concede, it is a little too long. It is the length of the sentence that makes you think you

on 31 Oct 2003: Think of it this way: "Last year I taught for ... Bs, a fixed percentage of Cs, etc., in every class." Isn't that pretty much what I said with my "If anything, the singular implies that the grades will all be

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I use "different from" and "different than" arbitrarily and interchangeably. I see absolutely no difference between the two. Really? Can you use "different from" before a clause? ("He's different from we

Example sentence: In spite of raining, we went to the beach. I know that "In spite of" should be followed by a noun phrase or a ing form. Raining is a gerund(verbal noun) then Why it is not appropriate to use raining in this case? Can anyone

Hi, maybe Reminders that are Either/or… defines or gives essential (rather than additional) information Pocket Fowler's Modern English Usage That may be an alternative to which (and occasionally who). Although they are often

Well, but the part corresponding to "their" would be "the Wilsons'", which isn't a noun phrase. (Of course "the Wilsons" ... a noun phrase, then it's not a pronoun. OTOH it definitely modifies a noun