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My guesses: (1) 'Queen' is the fifth noun, acting as an adjective; 'guests' is subject of the dependent clause. (2) Subject preceding verb is normal word order in an affirmative statement. (3) 'Answers' is the head-- it is modified by the other words. (4) In ( a ) 'book' is the...

Hello Guest! As an answer to this question I would like to quote an article of the American Heritage Book of English Grammar agreement by proximity. Certain grammatical constructions provide further complications. Sometimes the noun that is adjacent to the verb can exert more influence...

Modern standard Spanish, also referred to as Castilian, is spoken throughout Spain and is the official language. Micawber has written the following: Both 'is's are required in the first sentence, Andrei-- the first is the operator of a passive verb and the second is the copulative 'be'. ...

Hello Mr P I appreciate your message great! I agree to your suggestion that the ditransitive structure S+V+IO+DO might be limited to Teutonic verbs that people had already used before the Norman Conquest, though I have never investigated if there is such a structure in current French (I...

Hello Casi Hurmmm... that's interesting! I've waited (for) 15 minutes for the bus. Yes the second 'for' makes the use of the first 'for' awkward, as you pointed out. I think we may paraphrase it as I've awaited the bus (for) 15 minutes , but probably the use of 'await' sounds weird (too...

Hello hela 1) The representative told the press a lie out of fear of retribution. As for this one, I think your analysis is perfect. 2) . Yes, "walked" is an intransitive verb. "Five miles" works here as an adverbial phrase. These kind of noun phrases are called as "adverbial...

Casi To tell the truth I don't know much about linguistic. I merely read some online handouts about generative grammar by Upenn's Beatrice Santorini . I read them just because I thought they would help me to deepen the understanding why English grammar is as it is. Maybe you know Japanese and...

Say the right words in the right order. Make subjects and verbs agree in number. Use the correct case for all pronouns. Add "ed" to form the past tense. Add "s" to form plurals. Add "'s" to form possessives. Invert subject and verb in a question. Don't use a countable singular noun without...

From Merriam Webster's : AIN'T Etymology: contraction of are not 1 : am not : are not : is not 2 : have not : has not 3 : do not : does not : did not -- used in some varieties of Black English Usage: Although widely disapproved as nonstandard and more common in the habitual speech of...

In sum, here's a way to test if the ING word is a gerund or a participle: insert a subject and the verb TO BE (i.e., is, was, etc.), and if the resulting sentence is grammatical, then the ING word is a participle. EX: After eating, I fixed my bike. => *After quietly reading the book for a...