Frankly, I cannot work through all your analysis, but 1a and 1b are good, 2a is of course bad, and 2b is still find grammatically, as 'them' is the object of a preposition. Would you prefer that it read ' their idiomatic use and right

(1) Does "common words entangled with other words" contrast with "one meets with everyday" and thus justify using "but" instead of "and" here? Not to me. I think there is no missing "that" here,

Mister, thank you much for your reply. Now I am thinking about your answers. For a "yes" to my first question, can I say that a "that" is missing, though mandatory by grammar, from the sentence segments: (1a) "many songs

We're two guys agreeing how to play football. Agreeing is a present participle in your sentence, not a gerund. Present participles are commonly used in what I call clause equivalents, in other words, in structures where a relative pronoun or

Hello Which one is correct: - That man WHO told me the truth. - That is the man WHO told me the truth. I think it's both, if so, what's the difference? Thanks

... first ... who ... ... first ... that ... Either one is possible. CJ

My English teacher corrected my sentence "He was the first king wpo ever sat on Englnd's throne" and said that "who" should be replaced by "that" because "first" is a superlative. Is this correct?

Hello Firstly, 'that' can belong to three kinds of different word classes 1) demonstrative pronoun That 's my car over there. 2) relative pronoun The car that I bought is red. 3 subordinate conjunction He says that my

I would use the simple past tense ( passed ) rather than the present perfect ( have passed ) since you specify a past time ( last year ). I agree with you. I did not spot the part of the sentence relating to time.

I would use the simple past tense ( passed ) rather than the present perfect ( have passed ) since you specify a past time ( last year ).