By Direct objects, Pronouns

for name in Old English e g how English was spoken 1000 years ago was nama In the accusative it was naman

Although I'm a native English speaker, I've often struggled to understand English grammar, especially its morphosyntatical elements. I've done some reading on nominative-accusative as well as ergative-absolutive cases and I just don't get it. Can someone who's better at linguistics explain this...

Sorry, I have to eat humble pie. Tell me when you will arrive. when you will arrive is a nominal relative clause acting as the direct object of the verb: tell. A relative pronoun can be replaced by an adjunct form for time: when. Its use along with its antencedent some find...

I was trying to puzzle out a rule for this There isn't any 100% rule, but there is a 97% rule! For indirect objects: One-syllable verbs take only the pronoun. More syllables: to + pronoun. tell me, show me, bring me, ask me, write me, buy me, send me, ... explain ... to me, describe...

None of us remembers Mum's birthday. none of us = subject none = indefinite pronoun, and the relationship between none and us is established by the preposition: of. of us is a prep phrase and modifies none remembers = transitive verb Mum's birthday = direct object of the verb. On Mum's...

I can't be sure but I think there is only one verb/verb phrase in this sentence. I + was used to + being told + what + to do + at the factory.pronoun + verb phrase + noun (gerund phrase) + direct object (pronoun?) + infinitive phrase + prepositional phrase

"than me" sounds much more normal to me than "than I". http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Writing/t.html Than, as used in comparatives, has traditionally been considered a conjunction; as such, if you're comparing subjects, the pronouns after than should take the "subjective case." In other...

something, nothing, much, many, few, and little can all be used in place of nouns, yes. They are pronouns of quantity. You can't use find it as you have done. find it is not followed by pronouns of quantity like this. In this case find is like discover or see. We see nothing (which is)...

<I think we all know what "proper" means and therefore I skipped the explanation.> Humour me. What do you mean by "proper" when referring to English usage? <If I may ask this question, would you say it's grammatically wrong to use "that" instead of "who" with reference to the human...

1.He is the most upset. = He is the most upset of those in the group. 0r: he is the most upset he has ever been.He is most upset. = He is upset to a great degree. 2. I think either works, though the second may be somewhat informal with "from" ellipted.This will prevent their ever going to...