In Verbs^x, Relative pronouns^x

Hi, Malory. 1. "Preserving rare and valuable books and documents is one of the challenges FACING THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS." The construction in capital letters is a participial clause (present participial); it functions as post modifier of "challenges". It is what's also called a "reduced...

I wouldn't know how to give a detailed explanation or description of all three types of clause in one post, so let's go step by step. Let's start with adjectival (or relative) clauses, since these are the easiest to identify. They can function only as postmodifiers of a nominal head. This...

Grammatically, subordinate adverbial clauses function within sentences as adverbs. Just as most adjective clauses begin with a relative pronoun, adverb clauses always begin with a subordinating conjunction (after, before, unless, although, when, while, as soon as, as long as, as if, where etc)...

You said: When you say, , otherwise this sentence wouldn't sound right. The big difference between the sentence immediately above and our earlier examples is the comma. But I don't see how that could change the number of the verb. My answer is just an educated guess. Rommie

You help make my point. When you say, "Alice, who makes great tea, put on the pot" you are saying something quite different from "Alice, who make great tea, put on the pot." You might not want to say either one, but the question is, if you chose to say one or the other, which one would be...

O God, Who loves us and created your kingdom in the hearts of believers . . . I confess to being curious. This entire phrase is a noun-of-address, that is, a reference to a person in vocative case, and yet the phrase contains a reflexive pronoun. I didn't realise you could do that. I mean, if I...

I put it that those who made up my grammar book are staunch supporters of a specific religion :P.

The answer to your specific query depends entirely on how many gods you believe there are. If you believe there's one, it's " gods who love". If you believe that the god concept is uncountable (like Zen) then it would be "god who loves". If you believe there is no god at all (sorry, but I had to...

In my grammar book, we use plural form of verb for God as a token of respect. eg. Don't be evil. God know it

I am in a debate with my minister over the form of the verb following the relative pronoun "Who" in prayer. Example--In last Sunday's bulletin one of the printed prayers began as follow: "O God, Who loves us and created your kingdom in the hearts of believers . . ." After worship, I told the...