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Davkett wrote:" A koala lives moisture." Pine Nut, I don't understand why you are putting those four words together, and then criticizing it for making no sense. The correct version of the sentence in question here cannot be grammatically reduced to that four-word compression. I think my...

1. Susan is a girl eleven years old. Sounds fine in a narrative style, or perhaps for a voice over in a documentary, but not natural in everyday speech 2. Used they to take a walk after dinner? Definitely not standard modern English. 3. Italy, who has been in the...

I'd like to thank all those who gave their answers. I don't think there are right or wrong answers - and it certainly isn't for me to say what is acceptable and what isn't. For those who are interested in a nonnative speaker's comments, I'll provide some. 1. Susan is a...

I am a new grammar learner. "The assembly instructions that came with the bicycle are difficult to understand." According to the book, this is an incorrect sentence, because "that" is the subject of the relative clause right? My question is: Is it only object of the relative clause may...

Hi, The following is and extract taken from a grammar book by B.D Graver (advanced english grammar); "When the relative pronoun (expressed or understood) is the object of a preposition is a defining relative clause, the preposition is often placed at the end of the clause." What...

The musical, which I have just seen, is good. Here the phrase is relating back to mucisal and must be place directly after. The purpose of this phrase is to give more information about the noun directly preceding it. Which is used when the information in the phrase in not required in order...

Anonymous wrote: The man committed suicide was a neighbour of mine. This sentence should read "the man who committed suicide..."; in correct/grammatical grammar, you can not omit a relative pronoun that's the subject.

CalifJim wrote:If I understand you correctly, you believe there is a rule that requires the omission of the relative pronoun in the situations discussed. But there is no such rule. You are free to include or exclude that pronoun. Maybe that's why it has been so hard for you to find a...

A friend of mine always carries sweets with her and offers them to anyone she feels has been particularly helpful. A friend of mine always carries sweets with her and offers them to anyone who she feels has been particularly helpful. It's one job area a college student can safely bet will...

CalifJim wrote:...by accepting such analyses, have we completely lost the idea in traditional grammar that a relative pronoun has a single antecedent (i.e., single word in the sentence which "is" the antecedent)? Hello CJ I suppose though we can say that "which" refers to an implicit notion...