By Pronouns, Commas

Raak wrote: Hello there I'm going to be doing a CELTA (TEFL, ELT) course in August. I'm putting together a handwritten story which the interviewer has requested. Can someone please take a look at the following sentence and advise me on whether it looks okay please? "Nothing is more rewarding...

Hello there I'm going to be doing a CELTA (TEFL, ELT) course in August. I'm putting together a handwritten story which the interviewer has requested. Can someone please take a look at the following sentence and advise me on whether it looks okay please? "Nothing is more rewarding than pushing...

This is a common structure. Grammarians use different terms to describe what and what follows it in the sentence. To my mind, a comma would make the sentence more comprehensible:What you think boring, your friends may find exciting.We could change the order of the clauses and get:Your friends...

Hi SOP SeekerOfPeace wrote:Would I be correct to say that relative clauses: ü modify a noun or a pronoun Correct, but they can also modify a clause: He didn't say anything, which was a surprise. ü Are either defining or non-defining Correct. In the following...

As a (BrE) footnote: 1. The Yangtze is the longest river in China, that flows eastward from Tibet to the China Sea. — this non-restrictive use of "that" may be found in older texts, but is not so common these days. It is unpopular with ESL examiners. 2. The Yangtze is the longest river in...

Teo wrote: the longest river in China, that flows eastward from Tibet to the China Sea. It is also called the Yangtze. In Standard British English, the above relative pronoun "that" should be replaced by "which". What about American English usage?Hi Teo,very good question, I've always...

In Longman Advanced American Dictionary (page 219), the definition of the Chang Jiang is as follows: the longest river in China, that flows eastward from Tibet to the China Sea. It is also called the Yangtze. In Standard British English, the above relative pronoun "that" should be replaced by...

1) Identify arguments and adjuncts in the following sentences. Discuss problematic examples. Short explanation to my answers: The important verb is written in bold letters, the selected arguments are underlined. An adjunct is written in italics. Theta roles are...

They are telling you the wrong thing. You want the first ones: know that if ... was that if she ... told me that if there ... If there were truly a parenthetical remark after that, you could put commas around it, but it's hard to imagine how that would come up. Maybe, in spite of its...

Anonymous wrote: Pioussoul wrote: Kilimanjaro wrote: Pioussoul wrote: Anonymous wrote: His family, who had gone to Egypt last summer, decided to go to Spain this summer. A) His family, having gone to Egypt last summer, decided to go to Spain this summer. 1. I don't think we can reduce...