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some is not OK I didn t know that you had any some sisters The negation in the main clause carries through to require any Also in the total negation reading I didn t want him to have any some dessert because it s too fattening They didn t let me have any some of the money 1 Tom couldn t believe...

Yes Mr M It helps a lot It kind of engendered some inquiries though 1 In your interview in the English test net website you said From there it didn t take much thought to realize that I could eliminate the middle man and start my own school lucrative enough to make Japan a good place to stay What...

Hi Are they correct 1 They are all correct grammar What is grammar functioning as Should I say What does grammar function as 2 stepping into role Is role in this context idiomatic thus no need for an English article 3 update member s details Here member s functions similar to girl s schools where...

Tanit wrote Hi good question I was wandering whether a slightly different point of view exists as for the subject of the sentence He is one of the few that knows the solution to the problem or He is one of the few that know the solution to the problem After some research I came across this one...

Zj frank wrote Dear all He is one of the few that knows the solution to the problem or He is one of the few that know the solution to the problem Do the two that s denote different things Shall we say that the first that denotes he while the second that denotes the few If so do the two sentences...

An example would be The regulation included monthly and hourly rates daily rates having been omitted The five word phrase at the end of this sentence comprises a participle with its own subject or nominative I forget why it is called absolute The only book I know that mentions the construction is...

Hello Anon Mr chan has a clock that the minute hand of ___ has come offA which B itwhy the ans is A There are people who continue to insist that you can t end a sentence with a preposition Instead of saying This is the book that I read from they preferThis is the book from which I read This is...

Hi Rik Welcome to the forums I always put a comma in constructions like B in which you have a dependent clause preceding the independent clause

It s not a progressive In other words it s not are composing It comes from There are a few students who compose the third group The relative clause is transformed into a participial construction There are a few students composing the third group And this is then fronted which triggers there...

It seems to me that the tense in the relative construction would naturally take its tense from the tense of the main clause so the expansions are The man who is working in this company is very rich The man who was working in this company was very rich CJ