In Articles^x, Prepositions^x

And hello yet again, Hela! In the sentences in your first post there is only one adjective phrase: "very little", in sentence # 3. An adjective phrase is a construction that has an adjective as its "head" (the most important word. In "very little", "little" is the head -it's an adjective-...

"to hem in" is the phrasal verb. "in" is the adverbial particle that completes the phrasal verb. It is not used in the typical way a preposition is used, no. "hemmed in the glacier on both sides" is another correct word order, yes. __ CJ

1) My little brother would not turn down the radio volume in the morning. MY = possessive adjective LITTLE = DESCRIPTIVE ADJECTIVE BROTHER = noun WOULD = modal auxiliary NOT = NEGATIVE PARTICLE TURN = main verb DOWN = adverb particle THE =...

Dear teachers, Would you please tell me if my analysis is correct ? 1) My little brother would not turn down the radio volume in the morning. MY = possessive adjective LITTLE = determinative adjective (quantifier) BROTHER = noun WOULD = modal auxiliary NOT = ?? TURN = main verb...

"to" is not the "to" that forms an infinitive there, but a simple preposition. Think of "secret to" as noun and preposition which go together as a unit. This unit is followed by a noun or the gerund form (-ing form) of a verb, which is the noun-like form of the verb. the secret to...

For the rest, Kela, I'm going to give you hints (in blue), so that you can try to improve things yourself. (A repeated problem is your use of indefinite pronouns--for instance, writing 'he' when the reader doesn't know which person 'he' refers to . Rommel described himself as a boy who...

Summarising: Three ways of looking at it. Extracts from the Geoffrey Leech article, " />English Grammar in Conversation . View 1: Spoken English has no grammar at all: it is grammatically inchoate. (That view) ...does not need to be taken seriously, although it is surprisingly persistent...

Overall, I would say it's very nicely done, Kolndom. Go through and check your prepositions and articles in particular, but there are few other errors. The correct word is microorganism , and furthermore is one word.

"hold on" is the phasal verb. "hold" is the verb; "on" is the adverbial particle that completes it. "to" is the preposition that connects the phrasal verb to the object. Many structures have these same three components. CJ

Or you might want to refer in an article to the strange fact that the Prepositions Dept. at Acme Grammar, Inc. had an all-male management team. MrP