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Hello again MrP IF I may I call you MrP I think I understand now what you meant in the post I found confusing You said which implies that the subject of the lt whosever whose ever gt clause in the example is the same as the subject of the main clause However the subject of the lt whomever gt...

I would analyze your sentence as follows He is the subject was is a linking verb as big as a house is a subjective complement A noun noun equivalent or adjective placed after a linking verb to complete the meaning of the subject Understanding Grammar by Paul Roberts The first as is an adverb...

Mr Pedantic wrote Grammar isn t everything K It s always worth considering the context of a phrase In this instance the context includes the fact that while perfectly grammatical and commonly used it will sound strange or flabby or sloppy to some people since as CJ has demonstrated it suggests...

Hello Mr Micawber I have to admit my English writing often gets out of grammar because I was not out of grammar school Yes I understand this each is semantically equal to apiece But from the view point of construction the usage looks like a hybrid of the adverb each and the quasi pronoun each of...

Hello Lin and welcome to English Forums I don t think I can answer all of your questions as they are very broad And by the way what does a m grammar mean American grammar American grammar hardly varies from that of other Englishes in any significant way The imperative mood is used in 2nd person...

I want that you clean up your room this instant It would not surprise me to learn that it was possible in some NAmE Englishes Some Romance language speaking immigrants may speak it Quote from Everything2 The Subjunctive Mood of English After verbs which formerly used the subjunctive mood we...

I m not sure whether the possessive gerund structure was preferred by English teachers when native grammar was taught to the natives I suspect that it was if only because Fowler devotes so much space to it But I would guess that most of those who produce written BrE for public consumption these...

http pinker wjh harvard edu articles media 1994_01_24_thenewrepublic html Probably no grammatical error has received as much scorn as misuse of pronoun case inside conjunctions phrases with two parts joined by and or or What teenager has not been corrected for saying Me and Jennifer are going to...

Hello Casi OED tells about the appositional use of both like this 2 In apposition with a plural n or pronoun When referring to the subject of a sentence both was in early ME usually separated from it and placed after the verb or whole predication This is still common dialectally In the literary...

English passive construction is a problem to me There are many reasons why I feel it difficult to acquire A English rather mandates to choose an active construct when the animate agent overtly appears This rule seems rather rigorous especially the agent is a personal pronoun We have not such a...