In Nouns^x, Prepositions^x

quote user Avangi What might the implied verb be quote Avangi I don t want to get into that with this sentence For the reason why read my point to Raen below Like is a preposition so follows that rule But to give you an idea what I mean about implied verb She is taller than me She is taller than...

quote user Raen Do you mean opinion different from one person to the next or one grammar book to the next quote Language is constantly changing especially English Grammarians disagree constantly as Huevos has said Consider the expression Between you and me Both pronouns function as object of the...

I d say object of the preposition like which is certainly the popular version like them like us I think such as takes the nominative such as they such as we but many would use objective such as them such as us A

We have rooms a room What would be the objection That there cannot be object of the preposition because its not a noun I think in there and out there are common constructions in all the romance languages Sorry I don t know what it s called A Edit Maybe I m wrong about that Maybe other languages...

I have to analyse the following sentence but I m really stuck Amanda s practical solutions of what had seemed an insoluble mystery descended on the family like a balm I have to cut this sentence into constituents and cut those up in nouns verbs adverbs adjectives pronouns prepositions etc For now...

I thought it was a conjunction is it not Here is the text a text that shows noun infinitives used in different ways in which but is catagorized as a preposition The noun infinitive can be a subject To eat is fun a direct object I like to eat a predicate nominative A fun thing is to eat an...

Sorry abuot this again I fear I m becoming somewhat of a pain But I have to fully get it From what I gathered Adjective Prepositional Phrases modifies nouns pronouns or object of another preposition eg The book on the table in the English classroom is her book on the table modifies book and in...

Thanks Huevos for you enlightment But could we just for the sake of arguement allow me to examine the merit of this grammar point It says There are 7 words that are always adjectives articles a an and the and possessive pronouns my your our and their 1 As far as I know all 3 articles are always...

this is what I have so far but I m not sure where to go from here Normal 0 A article twitch noun at preposition the article controls noun could verb swerve verb the article cat noun but conjunction the article driver s noun hands noun could verb not adverb twitch verb because conunction the...

I need help on this mbouti I m not sure if used is considered part of the verb form in this case or not I used to work hard is very similar in meaning to I was working hard This is past progressive tense I believe Was is an auxilliary or helping verb but as you can see we use the present...