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Oops Didn t take time to log in MM Well I am now deep in the bowels of Quirk et al Jussive and I think there may be some ahem lack of clarity among everyone including the texts between group nouns and collective nouns among other things Group nouns according to the book in my lap at the moment...

MrPedantic wrote That s an interesting idea But wouldn t it then need a subject noun or pronoun in the as clause 1 I went to bed early as I was exhausted MrP Yes true In this case it could not be referring to the forum since helpful can not be a subject Thanks

That s an interesting idea But wouldn t it then need a subject noun or pronoun in the as clause 1 I went to bed early as I was exhausted MrP

MrPedantic wrote Hello TB You can take as as a pronoun in such structures standing for a fact that Here s the entry from Merriam Webster for pronoun as Main Entry 3asFunction pronoun1 THAT WHO WHICH used after same or such lt in the same building as my brother gt lt tears such as angels weep...

Hello TB You can take as as a pronoun in such structures standing for a fact that Here s the entry from Merriam Webster for pronoun as Main Entry 3asFunction pronoun1 THAT WHO WHICH used after same or such lt in the same building as my brother gt lt tears such as angels weep John Milton gt and...

Although a competent speaker and though a competent speaker both sound natural to me Googling on though although a competent brings up a number of relevant examples It may be that this is more usual in BrE In mid position I would agree Mr P I don t agree that it is natural in sentence initial...

I agree with your assessment At first I tried to turn the each of A B C into a noun phrase headed by the pronoun each of but then I saw that it was equally two copies of A B C so the each must modify two copies if anything But then the phrase can be expanded it seems to me to send two copies of...

Hi There is a mistake in your and other people s translation of the first sentence in this sentence the capital letters of personal pronouns make a difference 1 Erlaubten sie Ihnen Ihr Auto vor ihrem Haus zu parken Did they allow you to park your car in front of their house Number 3 goes like...

Hi infinity I think I said In the sentence above in which is being used as a relative pronoun to refer to the whole clause I ve heard of a few cases Here we have one of those En words which has a number of different meanings As I read it patients have recovered in a few cases is using case in its...

That sex ratio will be favored which maximizes the number of descendants an individual will have and hence the number of gene copies transmitted I don t know what function which perform here Is it a relative pronoun If it is what is its antecedent Thank you