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"than me" sounds much more normal to me than "than I". http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Writing/t.html Than, as used in comparatives, has traditionally been considered a conjunction; as such, if you're comparing subjects, the pronouns after than should take the "subjective case." In other...

Grammarian-bot wrote:Is it true that the adverb of frequency can be used at the end of a sentence when it follows an intransitive verb or a direct object of the subject. He speaks seldom. I visit her frequently.What's wrong with; He seldom speaks. There are no rules about...

In these different constructions, different types of things are ellipted.1) My father bought me a cell phone which is as small as a mouse. . Fish is the direct object of caught. Many is an adjective modifying fish, and the first as is an adverb modifying many. Again, the second as is a...

Hey, i'm new here. My name is Tim and I got this forum from a friend of mine. He told me that this might help me with the problem i got. I have a brother that is 16 years old and i'm 23( in the US Army). He needs help with his english. The teacher gave him the study guide, but no answer on...

Hey, i'm new here. My name is Tim and I got this forum from a friend of mine. He told me that this might help me with the problem i got. I have a brother that is 16 years old and i'm 23( in the US Army). He needs help with his english. The teacher gave him the study guide, but no answer on it. ...

What is the word sucks in "Homework sucks"? Is it a verb or an adjective? If it is a verb, what does homework suck?This brings up an excellent point, and a wonderful opportunity to discover the beautiful syntactic structure of the English language. The question at hand is "Does an English verb...

There are often optional ways of looking at sentence structure, but here are my opinions: 1. She | tried phoning | his home number, | but | he | didn´t answer. Subject | Verb | Direct object / noun phrase | conj. | subject | verb - Could "but he didn´t answer" be a clause?-- YES, it...

Hi there, I know that my problem isn´t grammar in general but I would really love some help in analysing these sentences which I find very difficult! I´ve tried myself, but I know my tries are incorrect. Thanks in advance. I am supposed to identify the primary sentence constituents in these...

You're most welcome, Hela. I love everything connected with English grammar, and syntactic analysis is my favourite topic! I have A Grammar of Contemporary English and A University Grammar of English with me, so I can even give you page numbers to go with my words this time! In A Grammar of...

A sentence may take the form of a single clause or be formed from several clauses. The typical clause has a noun phrase for a subject and a verb phrase for a predicate. The verb phrase may have another noun phrase or two embedded within it which serves as direct object or indirect object. ...