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My guesses: (1) 'Queen' is the fifth noun, acting as an adjective; 'guests' is subject of the dependent clause. (2) Subject preceding verb is normal word order in an affirmative statement. (3) 'Answers' is the head-- it is modified by the other words. (4) In ( a ) 'book' is the direct...

Hello Guest! As an answer to this question I would like to quote an article of the American Heritage Book of English Grammar agreement by proximity. Certain grammatical constructions provide further complications. Sometimes the noun that is adjacent to the verb can exert more influence than...

I read that the word 'dissimilar' is frequently used with the particle 'not', isn't it? When I came across a couple of sentences with this word I discovered that the construction looks rather strange to me. For example, can I rephrase the sentence - This house is not dissimilar to the one I was...

Hello Casi Hurmmm... that's interesting! I've waited (for) 15 minutes for the bus. Yes the second 'for' makes the use of the first 'for' awkward, as you pointed out. I think we may paraphrase it as I've awaited the bus (for) 15 minutes, but probably the use of 'await' sounds weird (too formal)....

Say the right words in the right order. Make subjects and verbs agree in number. Use the correct case for all pronouns. Add "ed" to form the past tense. Add "s" to form plurals. Add "'s" to form possessives. Invert subject and verb in a question. Don't use a countable singular noun without an...

Hello People One of my English grammar books (written in Japanese) says about "as"-including concessive adverbial clauses as follows; Construction: To Komountain Koyama is so common a surname in Japan. It is "small mountain" but has not any negative sense. paco

hi. I have heard that I should say "he has good English" instead of "he has a good English." I don't understand why. Especially I have found the sentence "he has a tolerable English" in a English grammar book. The explanation of the use of the aticle "a" in the previous sentence is "the...

I believe that "a hospital" makes the most grammatical sense, since the indefinite artical should be used when the specific hospital is not known. That being said, where I live, in westen New York, it is common to say "the hospital". Curiously, it is common here to exclude an article when...

Zhen Yang Sheng, IMHO choosing what is most difficult in English grammar is a very personal thing. There can be no universal answer here. But you can find it out for yourself: some of the English grammar tests available on the Internet provide an enhanced feedback listing the strong and weak...

Right now I'm learning Chinese, my favorite language by far. It's a fascinating language on so many levels! The grammar: The grammar is SO simple when compared with English grammar. There's no verb conjugation like in English. So, instead of having to deal with "I am going, you are going,...