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Hoa Thai wrote: Let's take a look at another sentence: John likes to hunt, skydive, and play tennis at a small club in his neighborhood everyday. Hi Hoa, I'm assuming by "context sensitive" you mean the construction of the sentence alone cannot determine which modifiers go with which...

I think a girl is there. I think some girls are there. I don't think any girl is there. I don't think any girls are there. Affirmatives: Some girls are there. I think some girls are there. John is saying that some girls are there. We believe some girls are there. I suppose some...

There’s no difference between "I believe …" and "I believe that …" in examples A) & B) given by you. ‘That’ is subordinating conjunction that joins a clause to another on which it depends for its full meaning and that it may be let out or elided sometimes in some complex sentences. It can be...

Is it your position that you would categorize the part "Playing tough defense" as more of an adverb than an adjective? I think it is you do . Yes, but I may be in a minority. Learning to solve problems in groups, the students began to understand how to fit within the social structure....

Gerunds are -ing words used as nouns -- not adjectives. Fishing is a pleasant activity. Present Participles are -ing words used as adjectives. A rolling stone gathers no moss. __ Both gerunds and present participles are -ing forms of verbs. Like verbs, they may take...

Thank you, Mr. M. I think the following is an example of elliptical construction. Is that it or is it another nonfinite clause acting as something else? The word 'while' looks to be a conjunction to me, not a preposition. While playing tennis , he slipped and fell.

Given the structure: he drew compensation from the team until beginning his investigation in March 2006. One possible paraphrase is as you have written it: he drew compensation from the team until the beginning of his investigation in March 2006. But a better paraphrase is: he...

Hi, Please tell if the underlined part is an object of a preposition, an elliptical construction of a subordinate clause, or some thing other. After coming to collegel/playing soccer for twenty minutes, he went to the library.

Gencebay90 wrote: Hi One of my grammar books -Grammar in Context- tells the following about reductions in non-defining relative clauses: Shortened constructions impossible 1- They spend a lot of time in their garden, which runs right down to a river ( ''right down to a river'' is...

Philip wrote: common sense "corrects" the intended meaning. C.B. Thanks for pointing this out. I love the way you exprssed it! I am seldom guilty of this common error myself, but I often don't catch it it others' writing. I guess I have a good deal of common sense. Hi Philip As I said, similar...