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Hello HelaIt s now early morning in Japan So I am sober but still your two questions seem tough to answer But let me try First I ll try the easier question that is the one about one of the Xs Quirk called this of Xs as partitive of phrase You can find some explanation about it in pages 249 703...

Hello Janissary 1 If a clause begins with a negative adverb inverted word order must usually be used with the subject following the Simple Present or Simple Past of the verb to be or the first auxiliary In the case of the Simple Present or Simple Past of any verb other than the verb to be the...

As Paco said your sentence after the comma is an absolute participle construction It is also grammatically correct however you shall want to drop the pronoun before the construction There is no ambiguity in your saying The castle stood before me walls cracked and crumbling

the company which has and the companies which have are correct the pronoun in similar constructions don t behave as the subject Don t know what you mean here

1 The compnay which has a good reputation as 2 The companies which have a good reputation as I hope my second sentence is fine I assume the subject is companies so the verb should be have Please tell me if I am wrong It is my understanding that the pronoun in similar constructions don t behave as...

Hi All these inversions of pronoun and verb are correct grammar However I would say they re not common at all And they sound literary and rather arch even more so when the pronoun is I I wouldn t recommend that you go around using this construction in everyday conversation

CalifJim wrote If a student points to some construction and asks me if it s the subjunctive or not I can t reply No it s a monkey Now there you are wrong You are the teacher and can say any dang thing you want In fact a smart retort like that might go a long way toward making your students...

Another kind of illegitimate argument is based on analogy between one area of grammar and another consider yet another construction where there is variation between nominative and accusative forms of pronouns 3 a They invited me to lunch b They invited my partner and I to lunch The lt gt symbol...

If a student points to some construction and asks me if it s the subjunctive or not I can t reply No it s a monkey Now there you are wrong You are the teacher and can say any dang thing you want In fact a smart retort like that might go a long way toward making your students realize that knowing...

Pradeep_tp wrote Hello english world I have been facing difficulty in understanding the usage of the words that and which I have no clear understanding of which word is more appropriate in what situation Which and that overlap when it comes to relative clauses In this specific construction don t...