By Word order, Articles

You are getting there and it is easy to understand what you mean. You still have grammatical problems to keep practising with. Watch your word order. Make sure your articles and nouns match, for example 'a different features' - a is singular but features is plural. Make sure you are using the...

Hi again, Why the complete control is wrong and complete control (without the) is correct?Use the question word order, ie Why is the complete control wrong and complete control (without the) correct? Articles can be tricky to learn, and to teach. 'The' would make the phrase too specific. It...

Hi, I need to write a sentence in the following pattern, and I don't see how it's possible. The pattern is: adjective + direct object + helping verb + subject + verb No articles allowed? So, something like 'Great strength did he use'. This kind of odd word order seems very literary or...

I think you all are missing one thing; it's the very basic question. The definition of operator. Up till now no one has defined what operators actually are. Operators are verbs with special properties as explained in the article I cited for you above. Some authors just call them...

They set a riot off seems acceptable, even though our preference seems to be for They set off a riot. (Note the article.) Here it is the selectional criteria that may be interfering. Substitute bomb for riot, and both They set off a bomb and They set a bomb off are fine, neither seeming to be...

They set a riot off seems acceptable, even though our preference seems to be for They set off a riot. (Note the article.) Here it is the selectional criteria that may be interfering. Substitute bomb for riot, and both They set off a bomb and They set a bomb off are fine, neither seeming to be...

The various forms of phrasal verbs Phrasal verbs can be transitive or intransitive, separable or inseparable. The object or accusative can in the cases of separable phrasal verbs be placed before or after the particle. With inseparable phrases, the object/accusative is fixed and its position...

Hi, 1) You don't say 'I speak a English' do you? So just adding an adjective 'good' doesn't alter this. 2) Ok, I'll try not to confuse you too much on this one. There is a phrase 'a good many' which means 'a lot'. It has no connection with 'good' in its usual sense. This sentence means that I...

Well, I can't find the article online; but from the little we have, it seems simply to be unusual word order, meaning "threw a stick at me". MrP

Hello guys. I asked for the help, but I did not have a chance to finish my work and post it here, 'cause I was on business trip. Now I am back and I have finished my essay. I will appreciate if someone could give his/her opinion on my work. It might need corrections - structure, word order,...