By Nouns, Relative pronouns

Hi Anon, I was intrigued by this issue, as I too could see no substantial difference between the examples. I think it comes down to a simple misunderstanding. The Anon said, "The dilemma how to know what and how much to truncate, Mr.M." When we say,"There is Superman, up in the...

You are mistaken. Bangkok is ... has the subject and verb of the main clause. cities is the antecedent of the relative pronoun that. The verb within the relative clause must agree in number with the antecedent cities, not with the subject of the main clause (Bangkok) nor with its subject...

I agree with your analysis regarding the character of the two dictionaries. If change equal degradation, English was ruined hundreds of years ago. There are countless examples of that: the use of the auxiliary do in questions and negations, the use of s as a nearly universal plural ending, the...

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I'm taking a correspondence course. These are some of the exercises that I need to submit. So please I need help from grammar exerperts thanks. Question 2 : In the following paragraphs, find one example of each of the parts of the sentence listed below. Lable each example clearly. You will...

I think this would be impossible to distinguish the difference when speaking not writing. If I said: Two men who I had never seen before came into the office, who would know if I used the comma or not and how to interpret it? So in your opinion Kooyeen I can write: Two men I had never seen...

I don't think the number of jackets or men is important when considering relative clauses.

.Him is informally acceptable-- the objective pronouns are widely used in predicate position: It's me! I'm older than him, etc. In this situation, however, the personal pronoun (he) and the relative pronoun (who) have the same referent and should appear in the same case in careful...

Hi GGYes, of course. Actually, in your sentences the relative pronoun has been omitted:This is the street I was born in. Where "contains" in, and for that very reason it is impossible to omit it. For where to be omitted, one should find an instance in which the omission of in would be...

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...