Would you folks please be so kind as to tell me whether "reading" is a gerund or a present participle ... opinion I highly respect opines that it is the latter. After reading the book, I decided to go to bed. There's no real

This is a correct sentence only when you understand it as a question about the subject: "there is something that needs a seed to be able to grow - what is it?"; in other words, the sentence is correct, when "a seed" is the direct object, not the

on 03 Nov 2003: on 02 Nov 2003: Ah, yes, this is very good. ... only" is no good, but "only 2" is perfectly fine. Why? A very good question. This is one of those instances in which native speakers will often disagree, because it is

I want to present a question. When someone calls on ... I am not a indirect object but a direct object. The correct form would be "This is him" - it is an idiomatic usage. However, this isn't what we actually say on the phone. In

I want to present a question. When someone calls on the phone and I answer and they ask to speak ... indirect object but a direct object. The correct form would be "This is him" - it is an idiomatic usage. However, this isn't what we

I want to present a question. When someone calls on the phone and I answer and they ask to speak with me is it best to answer like this: Q: May I speak with Jose. A:This is he or A: This is him I think the corrrect way is This is he because I am

A direct object would become a subject if you put it in the passive voice: In "I am going to pick up the ball with all of my hand", "I" is the subject, "the ball" is the direct object while "with all of my hand" is an indirect object.

Ok I am not too sure on Subjects and Direct Objects because the Subject could become the direct object and the direct object could become the subject if the writer chose to do so. So how do we know when one is one or the other? 'I am going

Who is nominative, or subject. "Who kicked the cat?" Who is subject. Whom can be pretty much any other case, or object. "Whom did you kick?" Whom is direct object. But whom isn't really used anymore nowadays. "Who did you kick?" is well

do you mean a direct and an inderect object in the same sentence? certainly ... i gave her the flowers. (her = i.o., flowers = d.o.) but, if you substitute flowers for a pronoun, the sentence changes: i gave them to her. i do not believe