By Pronouns, Numbers

Hello Verymaddhatter, and welcome to English Forums. 1. A pronoun's antecedent is the: A. pronoun itself. B. gender of the pronoun. C word that the pronoun refers back to. D. none of the above Answer is B. Sorry - it's C. 2. A pronoun must agree with its antecedent in: A....

1. A pronoun's antecedent is the: A. pronoun itself. B. gender of the pronoun. C word that the pronoun refers back to. D. none of the above Answer is B. 2. A pronoun must agree with its antecedent in: A. number. B. gender. C. usage. D. both A & B Answer is D. 3. The indefinite...

What's your advice? (reply) Do five subjects. This is a stand-alone imperative sentence. You're looking for a phrase which will modify "boy." We just happen to have one for you. It's called a participial phrase. It begins with a participle, which "do" is...

.Some grammarians class cardinal numbers as adjectives, others as determiners, and yet others as a class of their own. It is a very large (if not infinite) class, but the numerals from 14 on up are formed quite automatically. They are also pronouns.

Issues That Effected The Past And Effect The Present Despite the fact that Joy Kogawa's novel Obasan concerns events which occurred over sixty years ago, the novel exposes issues which...

You are mistaken. Bangkok is ... has the subject and verb of the main clause. cities is the antecedent of the relative pronoun that. The verb within the relative clause must agree in number with the antecedent cities, not with the subject of the main clause (Bangkok) nor with its subject...

I think this would be impossible to distinguish the difference when speaking not writing. If I said: Two men who I had never seen before came into the office, who would know if I used the comma or not and how to interpret it? So in your opinion Kooyeen I can write: Two men I had never seen...

I don't think the number of jackets or men is important when considering relative clauses.

Hi Hoa ThaiThere were a number of details that I considered in my last post. These included the following:- Sold out used strictly as a verb vs sold out used like an adjective - Verb tense- Using sold vs sold out (particularly in combination with the word 'all')- Word order (i.e. Does...

Yes, in the above case "six" is a pronoun instead of a noun. I was thinking pronoun as a sub-class of noun, but this isn't technically correct.Actually, my original question was a simple one. I just want to know if I should use "all six companies" or "all the six...