Hi, It has recently come to my attention that the noun phrase "courses lectured in English" is rather common. As ... This is because "lecture" isn't a transitive verb. "Courses (which are) lectured in English"

Hi, It has recently come to my attention that the noun phrase "courses lectured in English" is rather common. As a non-native speaker and learner of the language, I don't think it is correct. This is because "lecture"

useful observations. The first noun is almost always indefinite ("a ... but not "the friends of ours" or any other specifier). Just before he makes that observation, on p. 227 in my copy of /Modern English Usage/ One more reason to

Ross Howard wrote on 28 Jun 2004: I've been sleeping on this matter and can now offer ... conclude that one should "ask directions", not "ask for directions". Hmm. I think you've cracked it. On arrival at Real Madrid,

Aaron J. Dinkin wrote on 27 Jun 2004: Chris Kern wrote on 27 Jun 2004: There's nothing grammatically ... to a theatre to see what the hype was about." That's not true; there is, unless "Moviegoer" is someone's name. My

Chris Kern wrote on 27 Jun 2004: There's nothing grammatically incorrect about: "Moviegoer was one of the many who made his way to a theatre to see what the hype was about." That's not true; there is, unless "Moviegoer"

Adrian Bailey wrote on 27 Jun 2004: "Moviegoer, Richard Streeter, was one of the many who made his way to a theatre to see what the hype was about." http://www.libertyforum.org/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=news news&Numbe

True. Treating them as adverbs make it easier to analyze ... how can a preposition be followed immediately by another preposition? The following remark is not quite relevant: We have to allow prepositions to be followed immediately by other

Greg Lee wrote on 22 Jun 2004: True. Treating them as adverbs make it easier to analyze ... "with", and it governs the noun phrase "a new idea". ... Saying "with" governs "a new idea" seems to imply that

"to run" and "to run on" are two different things. Rex> They are indeed different verbs and as far as I know, they're Rex> considered as such by all linguists. But not lexicographers. Most dictionaries would put