Hi, I have just two sall questions from your detailed analysis. The questions are based on your analysis, which I have copied below. Anaylsis of Ind. Clause #2: Subject: what I can tell you Verb: (Linking verb) is Subject complement:

We certainly don't want you to flunk! First, you have to know what a noun is and what a pronoun is. A noun is a person, place or thing, like a house, a dog, a pen, a computer, or the Internet. A pronoun is a word that substitutes for a noun.

I am a 11 year old that might flunk english because of nominative and objective case what is the difference between the two.

Anaylsis of the large structure: Independent clause #1 : I can not tell you that, mate, Conjunction joining two independent clauses: but Independent clause #2: what I can tell you is that it was one day before my birthday ____________________

A few points might be worth considering: 1. Most native English speakers have no idea whether they are using appositive nominative phrases, or adverbial clauses of time. 2. If there were no rules, no conventions about how words fit together, there

I think the point is that an 'absolute' construction modifies the whole sentence, whereas a participle construction modifies the subject. Thus: Dinner being ready, we all went downstairs - Absolute construction (we didn't necessarily

Do you often hear people talking like this? I don't. Once in a great while maybe. But I do see it fairly often in literature -- Dickens, Hardy, or Melville, perhaps. Sometimes they even leave out the participle! The dinner ready, everyone sat

I would regard it as a normal spoken register for a slightly formal narrative, but only a slightly formal one. I'm taking 'like this' to mean using such a form of words. The answer to your question is, therefore, quite often. I think

I wouldn't say that short absolute expressions were rare in spoken English. How about?: Dinner being ready, I went downstairs. The car being out of action, I had to walk.

When who or whom is not part of the relative clause, but still exists, it is easier to find out if it is objective or nominative, correct? You may find it easier. It depends on the amount of experience you have in working with these ideas.