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The phrases different from and different than are both common in British and American English. The British also use the construction different to. Since the 18th century, language critics have singled out different than as incorrect, though it is well attested in the works of reputable writers....

Hello Roro Excellent writing! I believe you are an advanced English learner, at least a learner much more advanced than me. Anyway, what I feel about the problem you have now is that it rather come from your misunderstanding the tense relation in a sentence using the time connective word ....

In "She wasn't impressed", "She" seems to be the subject. Can you explain "null subject"? Are you talking about theta-roles? No, i'm not talking about theta-roles. But it would be useful to bring it in at this juncture. The null-subject is an syntactically empty subject. For example in...

In these constructions the "of" connects a 'deverbal noun' to its object, sometimes its subject. "West Brom complete the signing of Chaplow" is like "West Brom complete this: West Brom signs (up) Chaplow. " "sign" and "signing" are different and cannot be interchanged. Here's another...

I know this is a long post, but I have a final exam about this on Tuesday and I need answers. Any help will be very appreciated, if you don't have time to answer all and just have time to answer one question it will be equally appreciated! Thanks in Advance. 1. What are the 5 noun phrases in the...

Hello Guest! As an answer to this question I would like to quote an article of the American Heritage Book of English Grammar agreement by proximity. Certain grammatical constructions provide further complications. Sometimes the noun that is adjacent to the verb can exert more influence than...

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,...

Nona I think what Blackmamba is asking is how to construct noun phrases of English. Some English learners would find it difficult to make different the following constructions for example. (1) child care (2) child's mother (3) memory of the child (4) childish trick. Especially it is very...

I need to hand in this exercise but I'm not sure about the analysis nor the grammar. If you could have a look at eat I would be really grateful! thank you all! Explain the use of Generic Noun Phrases (or Noun Groups) in English by analyzing the examples. There are several linguistic resources...

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...