By Pronouns, Grammar

If this sentence originated in the U.S., then failure to make the number (that is, the singularity or plurality) of the pronoun (in this case "their") match the number of the noun (in this case ''seller") is the result of what is termed "political correctness."...

. In(prep) the (article-- a kind of adjective) marshy(adj) mists(noun) of(prep) a (article-- a kind of adjective) deserted (adjective--it modifies 'churchyard') village(adj) churchyard(noun), a (adj) shivering(adj), limping(adj) convict(noun) on (prep) the (adj) run (noun) ...

I'm taking a correspondence course. This is one of the exercises that I need to submit. So please only grammar exerperts. 1.give the part of speach of each word in the following passge. Here are what you can use : noun, pronoun,adjective,verb,(verbals)infinitive,gerund, participle,...

Hi, 1.give the part of speach of each word in the following passge. Here are what you can use : noun, pronoun,adjective,verb,(verbals)infinitive,gerund,participle, adverb,preposition, conjunction,interjection.In the marshy mists of a deserted village churchyard, a shivering, limping convict on...

I'm taking a correspondence course. This is one of the exercises that I need to submit. So please only grammar exerperts. 1.give the part of speach of each word in the following passge. Here are what you can use : noun, pronoun,adjective,verb,(verbals)infinitive,gerund,participle,...

Hi, If Harrison isnt playing (which he isn't) I think Colts aren't gonna win. Is which is a relative pronoun? Yes.Which doesn't have to refer a particular thing,right? It has to refer to something, but it does not have to be a noun. eg it can be a clause.If it has to, where does...

Yes, I think it does. Let me try to recap and to make general statements (I know, this is pretty dangerous when talking about English grammar!)If the verb is intransitive there's no ambiguity, irrespective of the pronoun used: the meaning of I run faster than he (form.); I run faster than him...

Do existed in Old English more than a thousand years ago as a regular verb and meant to cause. It is impossible to say who introduced it to English. It's use as an auxiliary in questions and negations was established in Shakespeare's day when it was correct to say bothI know not himandI...

HII asked this question because in my grammar manual it says that you can use this or that, i.e. You're taller than I am or You're taller than me.And as far as I know "me" or "her" or "him" are personal pronouns and they are always placed after the verbs,...

Velimir wrote:Hello everybody, I have two questions about the word "where" . 1.I've been told that "where" in the following sentence is a pronoun by its form : Where did you get to? And the explanation is that in possible answer like: I got to page 4. it stands for the noun phrase "page 4". If...