In Verbs^x, Relative pronouns^x

1 that is the restrictive relative pronoun not a demonstrative It heads the adverbial clause modifying the verb dig understand 1 Some posts are not so obvious for the new car rider to dig that they are misleading So the restrictive relative pronoun of that is referring to dig And they is...

1 that is the restrictive relative pronoun not a demonstrative It heads the adverbial clause modifying the verb dig understand 2 I suppose so the original has some structural problems you have miscopied or the original is wrong 3 them refers to funerals Price is the subject of has It is not a...

Hello Jack The rules for relative adverb clauses are almost the same as for relative pronoun clauses If no comma precedes where the where clause modifies the antecedent noun phrase restrictively Your sentence is parsed as follows Much of industry is concerned with where perhaps one type of item...

Hi Unix Let me try for the first part Nimbostratus clouds are thick clouds and are dark gray clouds Nimbostratus clouds are thick clouds and are dark gray clouds Nimbostratus clouds are thick dark gray clouds forebode rain The verb is forebode but you need a subject a relative pronoun that...

Hello Latin In most cases that works as a conjunctive or as a relative pronoun But that can work as a relative adverb in the case it follows time or similar words When you use time that with in on at in the that clause you can take the that as a relative pronoun and when you use time that without...

Hi Thanks for all of your contributions I d like to especially thank rhetor for your detailed answers re The woman is a TV reporter who is standing in the hotel elevator This was one of the questions on the topic of relative pronoun in an English grammar study program The answer was the same as...

First sentence I m pretty sure that you mean living rather than live which is a verb or life which doesn t make sense I d change it to Education just aims to equip students to make money and to earn a rather comfortable living Second sentence Something about this sentence sounds incredibly...

The woman is a TV reporter who is standing in the hotel elevator There s nothing wrong with this sentence Detective I m looking for two suspects one is a man the other a woman Here are their photos Have you seen them Helpful Janitor Sure The man is an executive who is sitting in the lobby The...

I m trying to think of a prepositional verb that can be split by an object 1 Call on visit 2 Call up summon 1 I called my friends on 2 I called my friends up 2 is a phrasal verb Also I don t beleive that a phrasal verb can divided by an adverb 1 I call frequently on my friends 2 I call angrily up...

1 He is using slang words and that make it hard to read If this is okay do we look at this as subject and verb agreement JTT This is not grammatical Jack There is no agreement between that and make You have two separate sentences I suspect that you intended a relative pronoun clause 1 He is using...