1. They recommended that she find a good lawyer. 2. They recommended she find a good lawyer. Both are fine. inserting of the in direct object after the verb "recommend" sounds redundant Yes. It's not necessary. I recommend you leave

d_say: Certainly. 1) I calling his name. Juliet, from the balcony, called his name - Romeo, Romeo, where are you, Romeo? His is the possessive case of the pronoun "he", modifying "name". - His name is Romeo. My avatar is

Firstly, to clarify, will the 'who/whom' always be at the start of the dependent clause? >> I think so. Most examples I have seen, who/whom is either the object of a proposition (starting the dependent clause), or very close to the

Just a comment (an aside) - I'd best leave the "would" terminology to the ESL folks. You've shot yourself in the foot by changing verbs. (active transitive) I would have sent you a present, but I was broke. (passive) I would have

Through a mixture of anthropological analysis and her own unorthodox experiments, complex phrase- adverb further dissected Through - preposition a mixture of anthropological analysis and her own unorthodox experiments compound noun phrase,

Gary: I'm not sure what you are trying to say 1) I made a call for you yesterday. >> It means that you could not make a call to someone else, so I called the person you wanted to call on your behalf. It does not mean that I called you

When do we useinversions in Reported Speech? I mean if we have indirect objects and different attributes, adverbs and so on?

Hi, I get more money than I give to, or from him. instead of: Say it this way. I get more money from him than I give him to to him . You need to say 'to him' for the same reason that you say 'from him', ie the preposition comes

Please help me determine if the following sentences have direct or indirect objects: 1. We saw him. 2. The audience applauded the actors. thanks,

Hi, IMHO only the first segment has a grammatical problem. The verb "to tell" requires an indirect object as well as a direct object. "I told her to get lost." I can think of examples where this is overturned, such as,