The for-to-Infinitive Construction "is a construction in which the infinitive is in predicate relation to a noun or a pronoun preceded by the preposition for," L. A. Kaushanskaya (1970:200) In the sentence the for-to-Infinitive Construction can

hi iwant to know the answer? what preposition i used? i ha been waiting__three weeks ivy broke the dishes__i was watching tv kaye took charge of the office__my sabbatical cherry will be leaving__london__a few weeks the manager wants

Can I say: 1. I bought this watch from a shop. 2. I bought this watch at a shop. 3. I borrowed this book from the library. 4. I borrowed this book in the library. 5. I borrowed this book at the library. Thanks in advance.

Neither one. You are using the verb embarrass incorrectly. It doesn't mean to make someone look down on you. Maybe you mean, I've made Joe ashamed of me. I've done something that will make Joe ashamed of me. CJ

If I did something that makes Joe look down upon me, am I "embarrassed of Joe" or "embarrassed from Joe?

Hi. Would you say these are subordinate clauses? Unbelievably he takes a call while playing soccer. They will hold onto it until receiving additional documentation. Would you say the words "after" and

An adverb is one kind of complement. If you wish to separate them, the prepositional phrase is sentence adverbial.

Is number 12 correct? I am confused whether "on their success" is complement or adverb, since "on" is a preposition.

Experts, For the following sentences, the preposition to the word "shower" would be "a" or "the"? Which would be correct? The water doesn't get hot enough for a/the shower. The water is not hot enough to take

Because add is not a verb of giving, showing, or communicating, the inanimate object of to so often seen with it is not generally considered an indirect object. variety is indeed the direct object, but to a city is an ordinary prepositional