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Both versions seem to be correct, including the one with the verb in front of the subject (condemned by Swan), at least according to these writers: The Phantom of the Opera by Leroux, Gaston - Chapter 12It asked what was the matter and I saw no reason for keeping our story secret or ...

I wouldn't write it with a colon; it's all one sentence. I'm not even convinced that a comma is needed.The most usual position for an adverb of time is at the end, but at the beginning is fine.Today we're going to study trigonometry (answers the question: what are we going to do today?).We're...

Hi InchoI agree with the previous posters completely; I would just like to elaborate a little from a non-native speaker's standpoint to a non-native speaker. We're both foreigners, right?Since there are hardly any inflections in English, the word order is very rigid and certain phrases and...

I think you all are missing one thing; it's the very basic question. The definition of operator. Up till now no one has defined what operators actually are. Operators are verbs with special properties as explained in the article I cited for you above. Some authors just call them...

CalifJim wrote:What you guys are discussing is "heavy phrases" or "heavy clauses".Yes, it's true that the canonical word order of English is sometimes modified to accommodate that fact that an enormous number of words intervening between other related words in a structure can obscure the...

What you guys are discussing is "heavy phrases" or "heavy clauses". Yes, it's true that the canonical word order of English is sometimes modified to accommodate that fact that an enormous number of words intervening between other related words in a structure can obscure...

Ignorant88 wrote: I was told that when a parenthetical element follows a coordinating conjunction used to connect two independent clauses, we do put a comma in front of the parenthetical element. 1) The Tigers spend much of the season at the bottom of the league, and even though they picked...

They set a riot off seems acceptable, even though our preference seems to be for They set off a riot. (Note the article.) Here it is the selectional criteria that may be interfering. Substitute bomb for riot, and both They set off a bomb and They set a bomb off are fine, neither seeming to be...

They set a riot off seems acceptable, even though our preference seems to be for They set off a riot. (Note the article.) Here it is the selectional criteria that may be interfering. Substitute bomb for riot, and both They set off a bomb and They set a bomb off are fine, neither seeming to be...

To use the auxiliary 'do' to form questions and negative clauses is a phenomenon that is only about 400 years old. 'Do' existed in Old English but it meant 'to cause' as in What caused the accident? In Shakespeare's day 'do' began to be used in questions and there were two ways to form a...