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Hi, These functions are increasingly being outsourced to other corporations that can perform the activities better or more cost-effectively. The effect has been to increase the number of companies involved in satisfying consumer demand, while reducing management control of daily logistics...

Please check the grammar and punctuation in these sentences.These functions are increasingly being outsourced to other corporations that/who can perform the activities better or more cost effectively.The effect has been to increase the number of companies involved in satisfying consumer demand,...

Inchoateknowledge wrote:pronounYou cannot place a comma between the subject these, and the verb are. Thank you, Also, some more sentences please. This is my pen. (Here 'This' is adjective or pronoun?) These are john's relatives. (Here 'These' is adjective or pronoun?)

Grammar Ninja is an educational game where the player identifies parts of speech in rapid succession. Correct answers help you advance; wrong ones blow up in your face. The game is modeled after Brain Age's CalculationsX20 exercise. Grammar Ninja is my final project for my Independent Study in...

Hi, 55.) Which sentence in correctly punctuated? a.) In connection with the tax cut of last year, we are now studying, its impact on middle-income families. b.) Now is the time for all good men, and women to come to the aid of their country. c.) Although the impact on humans is not clear,...

55.) Which sentence in correctly punctuated? a.) In connection with the tax cut of last year, we are now studying, its impact on middle-income families. b.) Now is the time for all good men, and women to come to the aid of their country. c.) Although the impact on humans is not...

According to one English grammar book, it says: "General guideline: Place an adjective clasue pronoun as close as possible to the noun it modifies." If I take this word right, does this mean a) is better than b) in the following sentences (if I want to modify the noun "that lady")? a) That lady,...

I can find the website, but I can't find your link, so I cannot judge what they wrote on appositives. I did notice that some of their terminology is odd if not incorrect, as for instance in the following. I have emboldened the highly questionable terms: In the following sentence the content...

Hi Inchoateknowledge, frantically is an adverb, not an adjective. ( I agree) Is it that modifies the adjective word "even"? even frantically is not a clause, because it does not contain a verb. It is an adverb phrase. (I agree but I've never said even frantically was a clause.) The dog...

Hi Inchoateknowledge, frantically is an adverb, not an adjective. ( I agree) Is it that modifies the adjective word "even"? even frantically is not a clause, because it does not contain a verb. It is an adverb phrase. (I agree but I've never said even frantically was a clause.) The dog...