In Adverbs^x, Prepositions^x

(We have rooms / a room.)What would be the objection? That "there" cannot be object of the preposition because its not a noun? I think "in there" and "out there" are common constructions in all the romance languages. Sorry I don't know what it's called. ...

I have to analyse the following sentence, but I'm really stuck..."Amanda's practical solutions of what had seemed an insoluble mystery descended on the family like a balm."I have to cut this sentence into constituents and cut those up in nouns, verbs, adverbs, adjectives,...

Sorry abuot this again, I fear I'm becoming somewhat of a pain. But I have to fully get it. From what I gathered, Adjective Prepositional Phrases modifies nouns/pronouns or object of another preposition, eg.: The book on the table in the English classroom is her book. (on the table modifies...

Hi,Ok, I have this snooty math teacher that is constantly correcting people's grammar skills. It's funny at times in an annoying way. Anyways, I had vocabulary words up in my class and I had the word "target", with the definition "something you aim for". Now he...

Ok, I have this snooty math teacher that is constantly correcting people's grammar skills. It's funny at times in an annoying way. Anyways, I had vocabulary words up in my class and I had the word "target", with the definition "something you aim for". Now he brought...

this is what I have so far, but I'm not sure where to go from here. Normal 0 A (article) twitch (noun) at (preposition) the (article) controls (noun) could (verb) swerve (verb) the (article) cat’ (noun), but (conjunction) the (article) driver’s (noun) hands (noun) could (verb) not (adverb)...

When you get to the "B's," don't put them all in one post, or you'll crash the site! - A.

. The bracketed phrase is now an adverbial phrase because it tells where the children are playing. It’s not an adjective phrase however because it does not contain adjective. If the phrase were “ the tallest kid playing is the garden is my son”, then it’s an adjective phrase. This is the...

We walked barefoot on the beach. Here, "barefoot" is an adverb telling only how we walked.We walked on the beach in bare feet. Here, the prepositional phrase "in bare feet" is also adverbial in function, but modifies the entire clause, "we walked on the beach." ...

hi cb, its me again!how do you feel about possessives before a gerund? "John's singing bothered me". You are constantly told that the possessive should be used before a gerund(unless you are saying something weird and you wish to emphasise the subject of the gerund). However,...