By Articles, Prepositions

I am familiar with Rule 15 from William Stunk's "The Elements of Style", part of which basically states that in a series, an article or preposition applying to all series members may be placed before each member or at the beginning of the series. For example: In summer, spring, or fall = ...

Hello, Andrei. "in" is an adverbial particle in "allowed in", not a preposition. The sentence means that global TV broadcasting was officially accepted in the kingdom. If the sentence had been "six months later, global TV broadcasting was allowed in Bhutan", then "in" would have been a...

Hi, Cross is the correct usage because it is a verb and and one helps someone to cross the street. In this case the "to" is understood. Across is a preposition and requires the structures associated with such particles of speech. Anglophone

i have aquestion id like some help with i need to know which is adjective.article noun verb adverb conjunction preposition below the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dogs and then approached the warren slowly thankyou jef

Hi Guest, The principle of the parallel structures is about keeping in some degree the uniformity in expressing similar contents and functions in sentences. You don’t have to feel the burden to vary the form of your expressions constantly. Formerly, the learners of foreign languages were...

Thanks for your responses. When I read this sentense, I thought 'concernig' was used as a gerund here, for 'concern' is a verb and there's a phrase 'to concern about.' I looked them up in my dictionary, and for the first time I noticed that the words like 'concerning' and 'regarding' are...

Deepa, I totally agree with you! As examples always enlighten a lot, I'll give you some impressions of my mother tongue German: I have to say that English in many cases is simpler than my native language. You mentioned e.g. the gender of a noun which is usually expressed by the article. In...

I've never counted, but here goes: noun, pronoun, article, adjective, adverb, verb, preposition, conjunction, and interjection. I suppose a pronoun could be considered just a type of noun. And what about proper nouns?

Hi, I'm confused about when should we use a gerund after 'to', I know that if 'to' is a preposition, then it must either be followed by a gerund or noun, the thing is, I cannot differentiate whether 'to' is a preposition or part of a to-infinitive. One suggestion was: "It is possible to check...

I always tell students to group phrasal verbs. The more common particles/prepositions used in phrasal verbs are: on up away to When you come across a 'new' one classify it into a group. By doing this, it will help you to remember them in the future. One more thing - Use a different group for...