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Hi Kooyeen I believe the natives seldom refer to grammar and English usage books because they speak English since they were very young and so they do not have to refer to such books If you bother to refer to grammar or English usage books you will be able to find the rule and that is the verb has...

quote user Grammar Geek Although I d say It was him more readily than It was he as a stand alone sentence once you put the who suggeseted it part on I go back to the nominative quote Then I don t know There might be regional and dialectal differences I m sure the object pronoun is often used in...

quote user Yoong Liat I don t think him is correct Who suggested it He suggested it Hence it should be It was he who suggested it quote Yes I think you will sometimes hear the subject pronouns used that way in formal registers But New2Grammar asked which was more natural and formal registers are...

Hi Traffic can be a noun or a verb I have never seen it being used as an adjective There are a couple of mistakes in your sentence but traffic is a noun there

quote user Grammar Geek We also use somewhere like this though So I was in the car going somewhere with my family and all of the sudden There s also a song lyric He took a midnight train going anywhere quote If it was catch the train going somewhere I wouldn t be confused at all I mean...

quote user New2grammar Could you explain the above a bit more quote Well even for a native it is not so clear In the case of muslim you can say muslim or a muslim The former is adjective and the latter a noun Both are grammatical but in such a case non physical attribute it is more usual to go...

quote user Grammar Geek Capitalization with Title Case is a matter of style AP Style would not capitalize in but others might Always capitalize nouns and verbs and usually do not capitalize articles and prepositions quote Thanks for such a succinct explanation GG You always put everything very...

1 A group IS Not important who is in the group A group is a singular countable noun 3 Both wrong She went home half an hour ago Given finished time requires simple past UNLESS it relates to another action in the past e g She had gone home before the others arrived 4 She has sold Indefinite no...

quote user New2grammar Thanks Yoong Liat It s actually both http www thefreedictionary com roadside quote I m aware it can be an adjective or a noun I said it is a noun in relation to the sentence provided by Vincent

quote user Grammar Geek Hi Jazzmaster and welcome to English Forums Glad to have you aboard I would not say He s an ill man I would say He s a man who is very ill When you say he s a sick man it can have a different sense sick as in mentally twisted not simply unwell With pale you re right I...