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WANG CHUN wrote 1 Ancient and modern human beings use their great intelligence to invent machines that help people lead a comfortable and convenient life My problem with this sentence is that it is not possible for ancient human beings to do anything any more so using the present tense just...

Four week notice period would require a hyphen Four week s notice requires a possessive s Note that the movie Two Weeks Notice causes grammar geeks to clench their teeth I think you could just say I am available with four week s notice if you mean you have to organize your affairs or whatever...

Thank you This one does not deal with the same issue but my question is in the phrase the child s hand is the the determiner for hand or what I get confused about this general area of grammar like this when the is placed before a noun with apostrophies most of the times I don t whether it the is...

Hi 2 There would NOT be a possessive s in the expample you cite A David Bowie song a Bob Dylan song the proper noun modifies song without the apostrophe if you use a or the If you wanted to refer to a SPECIFIC song you would include the apostroph Can you sing Bob Dylan s song Blowing in the Wind...

CalifJim wrote If a student points to some construction and asks me if it s the subjunctive or not I can t reply No it s a monkey Now there you are wrong You are the teacher and can say any dang thing you want In fact a smart retort like that might go a long way toward making your students...

Yulysess wrote Hi creolejazz The rule you search lies I think in the grammatical unit called Nominal Clauses Nominal ing clauses that is participle clauses or as pieanne illustrated above gerunds The commomest type of participle clause is that which has no subject When a is subject required...

Hello all I am a native English speaker with only an elementary level of grammar knowledge I am attempting to learn a middle indian language called Pali There is a particular type of compound in that language called a bahubbiihi compound I am trying to figure out what grammatical term for English...

Hi Paco driver education Although I didn t alter the word education from the original I don t think it makes a great phrase in terms of meaning That s because I don t see that a city administrator would have much control over driver education Perhaps driver awareness Clive PS I m not always good...

By rights I should leave this response to Mr Pedantic but who knows where he is at the moment You are perfectly correct although the non possessive form is appearing distressingly frequently nowadays What do mathematicians know about English grammar anyway it is certainly illogical

Kk wrote Hello I am not sure whether the three sentences make sense in term of grammar and semantics Can you give me a hand with checking them Thank you for your help 1 The role of forests in our planet outweighs other resources because they enable people to breathe fresh air and shield the...