In Articles^x, Clauses^x

Although you do not brag with tall tales, you are actually more competent than adulterer. "Brag with" does sound weird, as does the usage of "tall tales", which are similar to myths. The comparison of a good lover to an adulterer is rather coarse and definitely not a compliment. Also,...

Goodman wrote: article "the" is needed for the specified attached file. Not true. Telegraphed sentences or clauses are common in business, newspapers, on safety signs, etc. See enclosed article. See attached doc. See following post. etc.

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...

Right. I stopped parsing too soon. thing : direct object of giving back the : definite article modifying thing very : adjective, meaning precise , modifying thing He desired : short for that He desired ; an adjective clause modifying thing

The fourth should be the most straightforward-- it is a restrictive (defining) clause by virtue of the that and the lack of a preceding comma, not to mention the fact that there is no other information presented which could define these public funds . Compare: 4a-- There will be an investigation...

Since funds in the sentence is plural, the definite article is not necessary; however, it certainly can be used, even if this is the opening sentence of an article. As I stated above, the public funds need not refer to a previous mention -- it is defined by the following nonfinite clause...

Hello Sharad If "novel" in your sentence means "a work of fiction", it needs a definite article. "To publishers" also sounds a little strange; as does "a period of years". Let me adjust it a little: 1. Developing over several years, the novel was finally presented by Cyndy to various...

I believe the questioner has already read this linguistic article . It says: A final criterion is that different PP predicative complements drive different kinds of interpretation. A predicative LIKE PP drives an epistemic interpretation, as (12a) shows. A predicative OF clause is not...

I think Fowler invented it. He begins a long article in which he attempts to persuade us to use 'that' to define and 'which' to describe with the words: "What grammarians say should be has perhaps less influence on what shall be than even the more modest of them realize...And yet the temptation...

Dealer's choice, mostly, Taka. I can rationalize them to satisfy myself: removal and change are defined later in the clause, but the writer is making this a 'new' idea. The because the idea is now in place and 'substitution' happens one-for-one; it also varies the vocabulary. As you...