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Garnett wrote:Goodman, I see what you're saying but still maintain what I said about the different usages was valid. Can I just point out "Porsche" has an "s". "It's" is short for "it is" or "it has". "Its" is a possessive pronoun. Garnett, I don't own a "Porsche" and yes, I missed spell...

Thanks Clive and Inchoateknowledge for your promt replies. To further the discussion of NOT place in the question, what do you think of NOT place if a pronoun is used instead of a noun. For example, look at those sentences and determine if NOT is placed correctly. 1- Why did he NOT come into...

Alanou wrote: 1. I 've been studying adjective clause via a site. http://netgrammar.altec.org/Units/Unit_10/a101c10_101000.html . A piece of sentence in it that I couldn't understand, "If the subject relative pronoun is followed by the verb be in any tense, both the relative pronoun and the...

"If the subject relative pronoun is followed by the verb be in any tense, both the relative pronoun and the verb be can be omitted " This is also called Whiz-Deletion (from which is, who is). The person who is meeting with us today is the manager of manufacturing. > The person meeting...

The distinction is between SAY and TELL (present) or between SAID and TOLD (past). The choice almost always depends on whether you are going to mention the person who receives the communication. In the following patterns do not use a word that indicates who is spoken to if you use...

Dear Alanou here are some example sentences with different tenses: * Sandra Bullock, who is a movie star, lives in Hollywood. * Sandar Bullock , a movie star, lives in Hollywood. ( relative pronoun and be is omitted) * Alan Wright , who was a successful journalist, died last month. * Alan...

1. I 've been studying adjective clause via a site. http://netgrammar.altec.org/Units/Unit_10/a101c10_101000.html . A piece of sentence in it that I couldn't understand, "If the subject relative pronoun is followed by the verb be in any tense, both the relative pronoun and the verb be can be...

Sure, I know all this.Then you think it is a mistake to call it a pronoun ?There is no significative difference between the meaning of pronom and pronoun in French and English ?I only would like to know if some English native speakers could agree to call it a pronoun.

<On the contrary. As I said before, we'll accept your reading for the moment.> Again you use the inclusive pronoun. Are there many here who are questioning my reading? <If they puzzle me, they'll puzzle other members.> And you think that your reading of these forms doesn't puzzle...

Tonyy wrote: Alan.es wrote: His father says that it is his eldest son which looks most like him. If I were to write this sentence, I would write it as who looks. Please tell me what is the difference between which and who here!The difference is the fact that which is wrong in modern English....