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Notwithstanding is used as a preposition in the original text So it is followed directly by a noun phrase i e notwithstanding a number of coincidences Although works only as a conjunctive and this is the reason why I put there are in my paraphrase paco

Who can explain to me why we sometimes hear there s a lot of people instead of there are a lot of people especially on films and some tv programmes Can we accept it as correct informal language Absolutely we can There are a number of theories as to why ENLs choose the singular form with plurals...

If you want to remember just one general rule put the more before the noun because there are some situations where more can only go first even though both of your examples are fine I think more after the noun requires a number in the noun phrase but I m not sure Maybe someone else has more...

Hi it s me Ralf the starter of this thread Thanks for your answers so far A post in another thread pointed me to the American Heritage Book of English Usage where I found this section According to the standard rule when the pronoun there precedes a verb such as be seem or appear the verb agrees...

old is an adjective of course fifty years is a noun phrase used as an adverb answering the question how old How old is he adverb adjective verb pronoun The pattern is NUMBER UNIT DIMENSION ADJECTIVE Numbers 3 6 10 20 75 Dimension adjective old Corresponding Units years days months Dimension...

Hello Guest Your first sentence is ugly to analyse L Being coined is the predicate of the noun phrase the term Henmania and both constructions together the term Henmania being coined is the direct object of led to I think the sentence is somewhat difficult to analyse syntactically precisely...

The problem is very simple you tried to reconcile my explanation with your sentence when your sentence does not exemplify my explanation I provided examples for my explanations And I also mentioned focusing on correctness not on what is more common Sometimes what is more common is correct some...

Hi Camilus You ve given me a lot of homework it weighs on my back but it never is the last straw Fortunately my back is strong enough I Appositives vs Parenthetical Element a Neil Armstrong the first man who walked on the moon is a native of Ohio Here the first man who walked on the moon is as...

First let me thank you for the detailed explanations you provided It was very kind of you to take the trouble to write back so promptly As for question number one however uncommon and awkward that noun phrase may sound I read it in TIME magazine last month December issue page 65 so I was just...

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 whether to is a...