In Relative pronouns^x, Whom^x

Hi Inchoateknowledge, frantically is an adverb, not an adjective. ( I agree) Is it that modifies the adjective word "even"? even frantically is not a clause, because it does not contain a verb. It is an adverb phrase. (I agree but I've never said even frantically was a clause.) The dog...

Hi Inchoateknowledge, frantically is an adverb, not an adjective. ( I agree) Is it that modifies the adjective word "even"? even frantically is not a clause, because it does not contain a verb. It is an adverb phrase. (I agree but I've never said even frantically was a clause.) The dog...

I have another question about the clause where she was the only female from the sentence Mary was working at Pete's Cafe, where she was the only female. Is the clause--which I can gather is dependent and nonessential--an adjective clause or another kind of clause? I thought it may have been an...

Would you please tell me, is it true correct to leave "from whom" and "that" out of the following sentences. 1-A woman from whom you rent a room. 2-Jim was wearing a hat that was too big for him. Let's take the second sentence first. Jim was wearing a hat that was too big for him. ...

Hi, 1. Identify each verbal phrase, then indicate whether it is used as an adjective, and adverb, or a noun: 1. Written in 1850 by Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter tells the story of Hester Prynne. The underlined part is a verbal phrase, and it modifies The Scarlet Letter, so it is...

Please check what i wrote: 1. Identify each verbal phrase, then indicate whether it is used as an adjective, and adverb, or a noun: 1. Written in 1850 by Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter tells the story of Hester Prynne. The underlined part is a verbal phrase, and it modifies The...

There is also an excellent discussion on the usage of Who and Whom provided by American Heritage Dictionary: Usage Note: The traditional rules that determine the use of who and whom are relatively simple: who is used for a grammatical subject, where a nominative pronoun such as I or he would be...

Cool Breeze wrote:Who, whom, whose and that are usually used as relative pronouns referring to people in modern English: The man who/that came looked very old.However, there is at least one instance in which the pronoun has to be which. I wonder if anyone can come up with the grammatical...

Adverb clauses can be recognized because they are introduced by a particular word or phrase (such as "when", "so that", etc.). These words and phrases are called subordinating conjunctions, and there are many of them, including after, before, until, while, because, since, as, so that, in order...

Hi, Who, whom, whose and that are usually used as relative pronouns referring to people in modern English: The man who/that came looked very old.However, there is at least one instance in which the pronoun has to be which. I wonder if anyone can come up with the grammatical situation where...