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Hello, Sani, welcome to the English Forums... I'll move your post to "General English grammar questions", you'll be more likely to get answers there...

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Dear Dr. Shuvra, With all due respect, if you post your question here, you should also expect your answer here. The benefit of us posting our answers here in this forum is that we help more than one individual at a time. By helping you, we also help others. So I hope you don't mind if I leave...

Miriam, It appears I was wrong in my estimate of the exact date (if that could even be accurately determined!) when grammar books accepted prepositions at the end of sentences. (Since I learned the old rule in school, it can't be that long ago -- well, wait a minute, gosh, am I that old??? )...

I got to thinking I could answer my own questions by browsing the Internet. With the help of Google, I concluded that there really isn't an answer that everyone agrees on when it comes to this construction. From: http://www.yaelf.com/aueFAQ/mifitsmevsiti.shtml The final factor is the...

Of course we can! A pleasure. Please include it with your post next time. For special help with English grammar, you can also post the difficult sections into the General forum. Here, we like to chat about the structure of the proposal and suggest examples and alternatives. This is one...

Dave, I can understand the fact that you find this book you've discovered fascinating. It is difficult for me, though, to discuss grammar and/or linguistics in depth with you. In my opinion, it is one thing to favour a certain approach to a topic after you have considered several different...

Miriam, Many thanks for your thoughtful expansion of Pem's analysis. I'll first address the specific questions you've raised, then re-state more thoroughly the case which the Cambridge book is making for the gerund's redefinition. Consider the following two sentences: 1. I can't stand...