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Hi Consider this sentence He has a very good knowledge What is the function of the aritcle a in the sentence I know that the articles can function as adjectives but never as adverbs Well the case here is different isn t it Can an indefinite article modify an uncountable noun Article use can be...

Hi Consider this sentence He has a very good knowledge What is the function of the aricle a in the sentence I know that the articles can function as adjectives but never as adverbs Well the case here is different isn t it Can an indefinite article modify an uncountable noun I am quite confused...

Yankee wrote shee hath more haire then wit and more faults then haires and more wealth then faults I think it must have been Shakespeare who started all the confusion between then and than For your information here is the etymology then adverb of time from O E þanne þænne þonne from P Gmc thana...

Ant_222 wrote He is terrible old Now that when is old he is terrible Both terrible and old point to he No need in an artcle here Articles apply to nouns but there are no nouns in this sentence old and terrible are adjectives He is terribly old He is old to a very great degree now terrbly...

171 He is terrible old 187 Now that when is old he is terrible Both terrible and old point to he No need in an artcle here Articles apply to nouns but there are no nouns in this sentence old and terrible are adjectives 171 He is terribly old 187 He is old to a very great degree now terrbly...

Walking as if each step were painful1 she slowly pushed open the glass door and hobbled down the nearest aisle2 1 Dependant clause what kind of dependant clause I m kind of confused as to the nature of this subordinate clause It is reduced clause While As she was walking 2 Main clause Yes Walking...

Right or wrong For a moment1 I even thought2 that this was some sort of test3 and that this woman was someone from the head office4 testing my loyalty5 1 Prepositional phrase used adverbially 2 Main clause 3 Dependant clause 4 Dependant clause 5 Participial phrase For preposition A indefinite...

Thanks Philip How about the next one Walking as if each step were painful1 she slowly pushed open the glass door and hobbled down the nearest aisle2 1 Dependant clause what kind of dependant clause I m kind of confused as to the nature of this subordinate clause 2 Main clause Walking past...

Hello everyone I m trying to practice my understanding of grammar I m trying to be as detailed as possible in my explanations Is the following analysis right Is there anything I should could add to it Thanks The moment she entered1 the woman presented a sharp contrast to our shiny store2 with its...

Hanuman_2000 wrote Hello I was reading an article on conjuction It says that a conjuction is a word which merely joins words or sentences It further says that relative pronouns and relative adverbs are also conjuctions but they do the other works also My doubts are 1 Are relative pronouns and...