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1 women use plural to match the elderly amp are more LIKELY 2 The goals of our program ARE use plural verb with plural subject 3 MANY benefits Much is for stuff many is for things you can count 4 there IS a lot of space missing verb in clause amp IN which he could write or WHERE he could write 5...

Well said sir Does it clear up the original dog s breakfast of a sentence though Originally The mountains having surrounded and protected Andong a city name many ancient arts and customs have been preserved here including the Hahoe masks A softened example from Hoa Thai since we can t use the...

Cool Breeze wrote Anonymous wrote The mountains having surrounded and protected Andong a city name many ancient arts and customs have been preserved here including the Hahoe masks What a beautiful example of a causal clause equivalent with its own subject CBHi CB Does your comment mean that you...

CalifJim wrote There is no need to make the main verb past just because one of the relative clauses makes use of a past tense The man who wrote The Castle is Kafka The wallet which was lost yesterday is now on the kitchen table The events which led to the Civil War are X Y and Z The woman who...

There is no need to make the main verb past just because one of the relative clauses makes use of a past tense The man who wrote The Castle is Kafka The wallet which was lost yesterday is now on the kitchen table The events which led to the Civil War are X Y and Z The woman who spoke to us...

ETJW CMD wrote Dear Goodman I am one of Hoa s friends a member of a friendly yet private English To Join the World Club that we co founded here in Vietnam Last night she showed me this thread and asked for my opinion My first reaction was that the present perfect and past tense combination in...

Marius Hancu wrote It s definitely subjunctive mood But it s not easy Dear Marius Hancu I hope you won t kick me out From grammatical point of view I totally agree with you The if would construct gives us a clue that subjunctive is in play especially Today is the first word appears in the text...

Hi Is this sentence present passive or past tense Later in the story it is made apparent Kurtz sent the natives due to his fear of being replaced The main clause is present passive and the subordinate clause is past tense Clive

Hi 1 I had to help him because he is my friend I am confused if the use of the verb is in the dependent clause is correct There is a rule that if the verb in the independent clause is in its past or past perfect form the verb in the dependent or subordinated clause should also be in its past or...

I was wondering if anyone could help me check whether or not these sentences are grammatically sound 1 I had to help him because he is my friend I am confused if the use of the verb is in the dependent clause is correct There is a rule that if the verb in the independent clause is in its past or...