By Word order

Grammar Geek has answered your questions, but there seems to be a lot of confusion. Here is a summary of correct sentences:1.She does her h.w after dinner.(usually) (my answer) 1.She usually does her homework after dinner. ------ Michal comes home at 6 o'clock.(on tuesdays) Michal comes home...

I however think that using correct grammar is important.My main problem with your sentence is that I don't think I'd choose to use that word order at all unless I wanted to emphasize the difference of opinion between "I" and whoever I disagree with. Generally speaking, I'd write this...

Hi, Welcome to the Forum. Which is correct and why: Do you know when... a) will your father arrive? b) your father will arrive? c) your father arrives? d) your father has arrived? ok my thoughts: I would most certainly get rid of answers a and d for we should change the word order. Yes....

ok my thoughts: I would most certainly get rid of answers a and d for we should change the word order. And my doubts are as follows I would choose answer c - which for me has a general meaning, do you know when your father (usually) arrives. In b it would probably mean that today he will come at...

Here is my two cents:He and I are going out. => Grammatically correct and also common usageI and he are going out. => Grammatically correct, but I don't think it likely that a native speaker would use this word order.Him and me are going out. => Informal usageMe and him are going out....

He says he wants to get along with whomever the next president of the US will be. He says he wants to get along with whoever will be the next president of the US. I think the first is correct and the second is wrong because whoever is the object. The word order in the whoever clause is...

No, number 1 has the correct word order.

Hi KooyeenI'd agree that the word order in "He asked what was the matter" has more to do with idiom than anything else.The verb 'be' doesn't always follow the usual word order that you find in other indirect or reported questions. I would say that this depends somewhat on how far away from the...

Khoff wrote: 3. This would make more sense with "have" instead of "had." But the word order is okay. Barb -- I don't think you really want "have" instead of "had" in that sentence, which was "Do you have any idea what had just happened?" Maybe "Do you have any idea what has just happened?" ...

3. This would make more sense with "have" instead of "had." But the word order is okay.Barb -- I don't think you really want "have" instead of "had" in that sentence, which was "Do you have any idea what had just happened?" Maybe "Do you have any idea what has just happened?" Or "Do you have...