If people convince me that I am amused by flying ... being about something quite different. And probably even more FAQworthy. Well, no, it is a passive, I don't think anybody would dispute that. I can't imagine any argument to suggest that

"rewboss" (Email Removed) schrieb im Newsbeitrag Of your two suggested alternatives, I would say the first, with "the instrument" as the subject, is the better, and ... sentences are much easier to process and understand than

"John Smith" (Email Removed) schrieb im Newsbeitrag Small, minor, petty question. I have just been reading an English instruction sheet that reads: "It is recommended that the ... be switched off during themodification." But

I don't think a passive structure is possible here (or ... the active sentence just makes things worse. Regards, Einde O'Callaghan Are there verbs that you can use in passive voice and others that you can't use in this voice? or Does

The crux here is that English is not no language is a mere procession of vagaries. We do not pick and choose ... regular feature of the tongue, by divination anew at every need: we apply rule, and rule in language is grammar. Of "my wife and

A "thematic role" is the semantic relationship that a noun ... bunch of others like "source", "goal", "cause", and so on. Isn't this thematic role often called "case" in modern linguistics? No,