By Nouns, Prepositions

While "before" is a preposition, "prior" is an adjective, so you'd need to keep your wits about you when making substitutions. I wouldn't advise you to count on any rule of thumb at this stage, and I'd only be able to say whether or not a particular example...

Hi LiJAdd is a verb (imperative), to is a preposition add requires and that is a demonstrative pronoun which refers to something mentioned previously.CB

You need some lessons in basic grammar, VT. A is used with nouns, not with adjectives. You can't say a cool or a breezy because cool and breezy are adjectives. No preposition is usually used with that when that refers to time. Theoretically, you could say: It was cool and breezy that...

Hi N2GI'll butt in if I may. 1. He'd only left her a note on the bedside table of which she had not understood the content. There is a noun in the relative clause and that explains of in this case. I would reword the sentence: He'd only left her a note the content of which she had...

1. He'd only left her a note on the bedside table of which she had not understood the content.2. The car in the driveway which has a convertible roof is my new Ferrari. Both sentences share a similar construction where 'which describes the noun before the immediate noun but the first...

Hi, I can see James in the mountain with this telescope. Can far be used to modify a noun? Yes. If yes, what's the difference between far and distant in this context? 'Far' is less common, more literary/poetic. The normal preposition is 'on a mountain' rather than...

A Grammar Rhyme by David B. Tower and Benjamin F. Tweed A noun's the name of anything; As, school or garden, hoop or swing. Adjectives tell the kind of noun; As, great, small, pretty, white, or brown. Three of these words we often see, Called articles - a, an, and the. Instead...

I want brief explanations about following topics: 1- Narrations( Active Passive and Direct Indirect) 2- Clauses(Adjective,Noun,Adverb & Preposition clauses) 3- Predicate nominative.

Thanks for the help and clearing my mistakes. For the first group. Want to discuss 2nd groupe though.1. Neither goes with singular meaning i would place Verb "is" in place of "are" to balance the sentence right !2. Yes in this sentence i find stuck badly i have read that if a...

I have to identify the verbal phrases (and verbals) and for participles determine whether they are present, past, or irregular.For gerunds whether they are subjects, direct objects, predicate nominatives, or objects of prepositions. And finally for infinitives determine whether they are nouns,...