By Sentence structures, Nouns

Dear Beverly, I am not an English expert, (far from it, I too suck at writing and am a terrible speller and it is my first and only language!) but if I were to judge you by your letter and the writing skills demonstrated there....Well I'm sorry to say but you are not writing at a level that...

NaOH wrote:" we really appreciate you coming down here." i kind of have a feeling that instead of using 'you' we can use 'your' as well. a quick remark on the sentence structure will also be very helpful.In this sentence, the gerund 'coming' is used as a noun and requires a possessive adjective,...

Davkett wrote: Teo wrote: 1. This shop is best for noodles. 2. This shop is the best for noodles. 3. This shop is best for its noodles. 4. This shop is the best for its noodles. Which of the above sentences do you think is semantically odd or not acceptable? Interesting test, Teo. I...

There are often optional ways of looking at sentence structure, but here are my opinions: 1. She | tried phoning | his home number, | but | he | didn´t answer. Subject | Verb | Direct object / noun phrase | conj. | subject | verb - Could "but he didn´t answer" be a clause?-- YES, it...

Hello BiangziFrankly speaking, I have thought for a long time how I should answer you. The way to parse sentence structures and the terms used in the parsing vary from linguist to linguist. So I can't say anything about your question without knowing what way your teacher teaches with what terms....

(A knock on the door) Mr. Ko: Who is it? (No answers. Mr. Ko opens the door and finds no one at the door, so he closes it. A little later, he hears another knock on the door.) Mr. Ko: Who is it? (Again, he opens the door and finds no one out there. A minute later he hears yet another...

I have until Wed. 09/28/2005 to submit this letter in for a grade. Can somebody please check my grammar or offer any suggestions on how to make it sound more business-like? There seems to be two distinct types of English styles: creative and business/professional. I tend to excel in creative...

I cannot find out the main clause and subordinate clause of the following sentences? 1) . She’s gone back to work at CIA headquarters after her leave of absence, has been photographed by Vanity Fair, and has stood beside her flamboyant husband as he accepted accolades from liberal...

1-- 'that' is the restrictive relative pronoun, not a demonstrative. It heads the adverbial clause modifying the verb 'dig' (='understand). 2-- I suppose so; the original has some structural problems-- you have miscopied or the original is wrong. 3-- 'them' refers to funerals. 'Price' is the...

A couple of points. 1) I have a suggestion as to the reason why people from the u.s. think they have an enormous variety of accents, but no-one else does. This could be due to the typical u.s. insular, isolationist attitude which means they are often ignorant of the outside world in a number...