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Yankee wrote She only stated that it was not the specific use that was the topic of discussion in this thread Since Americans started their expansion by means of language the rule but don t ask me why has become nearly universal There s a rule and it can be explained That one thinks an...

Schetin wrote Goodman wrote but all in all the grammar rules still applies Simply in according is bad English The logical usage with according are according to or in accordance with to Some absolutely agianst the usage of In accordance to but this is used quite often I am not a grammarian and I...

Goodman wrote but all in all the grammar rules still applies Simply in according is bad English The logical usage with according are according to or in accordance with to Some absolutely agianst the usage of In accordance to but this is used quite often I am not a grammarian and I am not going...

Schetin wrote Ruslana wrote they don t make a big difference to me because of Russian for in the latter we can use the same phrase to translate both in accordance with and according to In Russian these do make difference The verb accord is transitive so gerund should be transitive too If you say...

Categories or Parts of Speech he pronoun he noun phrase NP is verb a article nice adjective person noun a nice person noun phrase NP is a nice person verb phrase VP These designations come from a system of analysis called transformational grammar Functions he subject is copula a determiner nice...

In the relative clause it s actually the relative pronoun that that you re interested in right all that I have had to do that is the direct object of do in the most straight forward reading that is assumed if omitted of course But there is ambiguity and that could also be the direct object of...

To go home is considered by Quirk et al A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language 16 66 as the clausal direct object of tell with him the indirect object That makes it a noun I tell him something What do you tell him I tell him to go home

Milky wrote lt I would be interested to see quotations from the early English grammarians that presented spoken English as somehow inferior or that demonstrated an imposition of inappropriate rules from Latin gt Do you doubt that was the case Doubt is too strong a word I would be interested to...

lt I would be interested to see quotations from the early English grammarians that presented spoken English as somehow inferior or that demonstrated an imposition of inappropriate rules from Latin gt Do you doubt that was the case If so I guess you disagree with this If they have studied English...

Hi Clive Thanks for your attention I see My question was Bob someone s name is the same as the personal pronoun he when used in the beginning of sentences Example Bob is a good student Bob personal pronoun He But when it appears after a verb as an indirect object for example The gift hasn t been...