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1) Are there other verbs that can be used in such a way ? Could "The fish tastes good to me" be another example of this ? 2) I have read a message on the topic which says: "These are a subset of unaccusative verbs. (There are some unaccusative verbs that don't have a causative alternation like...

I am not a native speaker, but I know a little about English grammar; but I sometimes have some problems with determined constructions. I would like you to answer the following questions: 1. Once I write the following phrase to a friend: I doubt you to write the article on time. He said this...

People sometimes refer to the CGEL on this site. Conveniently, some sample chapters from this publication are now online at CGEL sample chapters The preliminary chapter includes the odd lapse of logic. This is one of the first. Apologies for the fairly lengthy quotation: Another kind of...

Hello Casi Thank you again for your detailed explanation. But I am sorry I have to say that I cannot still get what you mean by the word 'incorporation'. First I thought your 'incorporation' meant something like 'housing', that is, the IO functions as a house of the DO in the SVOO sentences....

To CJ and JTT, 1) I think that after "if" there is a subjunctive with all verbs the only difference is that we can only notice it in English with the verb "to be". If I WERE a millionaire, I would travel round the world. If I HAD a billion pounds, I would travel round the world. I think that...

Hello everyone, I like to do sentence analyses, so if you could sometimes send us some exercises on the matter they will be very welcome. A/ Here is MY analysis: 1) She is so pretty a girl. a) parts of speech: she = nominative personal pronoun is = fintie verb so = adverb of...

Hello Casi Thank you for the message. Speaking frankly I'm still in the mud of this question. I've thought about it since I put the last posting. One of the problems we, ESL learners, (or I should say at least me) have is that we tend to try to understand English sentences through the...

Hello hela 1) The representative told the press a lie out of fear of retribution. As for this one, I think your analysis is perfect. 2) . Yes, "walked" is an intransitive verb. "Five miles" works here as an adverbial phrase. These kind of noun phrases are called as "adverbial accusative...

Komountain san, could you allow me to throw my two cents worth about the second question? English has peculiar adverbial phrases called "adverbial accusatives". The adverbial accusatives come from Old English where nouns in accusative case were often used as adverbs. And they are still used in...

According to a tradtional grammar rule, when the referents are 'everyone/no one/someone/anyone/everybody/somebody/...,' the pronouns refering to them should be 'him' in the accusative case or, to avoid gender partiality, 'him or her' rather than 'them.' Well, let's say the rule sounds okay....