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Many English nouns and noun phrases can be used as adverbs. They are called "adverbial objectives". From the standpoint of word order, an adverbial objective is put as if it were an objective of a verb, but actually it works as an adverbial modifier of the verb. This sort of constructs comes from...

Hi everyone, I am teaching English Grammar classes and we have a whole grammar section for learners. We are using Mosaic One series, third edition. I know that we need to apply the communicative approach to teach grammar but actually, there are lots of practice exercises in every chapter in the...

I'm an American who is currently in a foreign country teaching English. Like many ESL teachers, I don't have a solid grip on the many facets of English grammar. I'm simply trying to improve my teaching abilities and, in turn, produce brighter students. Your answer will help about 300...

Miriam, It appears I was wrong in my estimate of the exact date (if that could even be accurately determined!) when grammar books accepted prepositions at the end of sentences. (Since I learned the old rule in school, it can't be that long ago -- well, wait a minute, gosh, am I that old??? )...

Would you know if the book "A Grammar of Contemporary English", by Randolph Quirk, S. Greenbaum, G. Leech and J. Svartvik, is similar/same to the book "A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Languag" , by Randolph Quirk, Jan Svartvik, Geoffry Leech, Sidney Greenbaum? "A Comprehensive Grammar of...

Hello everybody, I will be most thankful and will appreciate very much, if one of you could help me in correcting the below exchanges and advice to the Tasks below; Please note, I will be grateful to receive corrected versions in simple termes and grammartical explanation to the...

Your Grammar and your English in general seem pretty good. Of course there is always more to learn. Have you tried teaching English Grammar? Like most native speakers I knew very little of the rules of English Grammar before i took up ESL teaching. i was thrown in at the deep end and had to learn...

I need your help in locating some type of site or text that I can use as a dictionary to make my grammar lesson work for my students. Thanks for your help

Some books that I recommend: A Practical English Grammar - A.J. Thomson and A.V. Martinet (lots of grammar) Practical English Usage - Michael Swan (great help for those unusual/common questions that sometimes get asked) How to teach English - Jeremy Harmer (teaching English as a...