In Nouns^x, Prepositions^x

In the first one, "no," because the verb can't serve as object of the preposition "to." It's ungrammatical. In the second one, "no," because your sentence has no verb. (also very ungrammatical) That is, the first one calls for a noun and the second one calls...

These are two totally different senses of the word "used," neither of which is the simple transitive verb "to use." ( I used my knife to eat my peas .) "I am used to working harder" = "I am accustomed to working harder." "I used to work hard"...

We can only say "sneezes into the handkerchief". This particular preposition applies to the noun "handkerchief". If I could use a bit of a disgusting example: If you sneeze into a cup, you are sneezing inside it, where the drink is. If you sneeze onto a cup, you are sneezing...

. Yes, whom is being replaced by who in these situations (i.e. where the preposition is separated from the pronoun). I don't know to whom to turn still requires the formal whom . .

hi cb, its me again! how do you feel about possessives before a gerund? "John's singing bothered me". You are constantly told that the possessive should be used before a gerund(unless you are saying something weird and you wish to emphasise the subject of the gerund). However,...

Prepositions require the so-called object form of personal pronouns and of is a preposition: a picture of me. In the second sentence I is the subject of the sentence and that's why me is wrong: I will be making you an offer. (Not: Me will be making you an offer. ) CB

Thank you for agreeing with me. However, agreeing isn't necessary at all. Diversity makes life interesting! As for your sentences, I have already explained my opinion about structures like these, but if people disagree with me, that's just fine. I don't mind in the least. In the...

Hi, Sentence: You never know what is going to happen to you, do you? Begin the sentence with: "One" One never knows what is going to happen to him/her , does one? No. A gerund is like a noun, eg Swimming is fun. eg Completing the assignment was difficult. Best wishes, Clive

A Little Help with Capitals This handout lists some guidelines for capitalization. If you have a question about whether a specific word should be capitalized that doesn't fit under one of these rules, try checking a dictionary to see if the word is capitalized there. Use capital letters in...

A word is a “part of speech” only when it is used in a sentence. The function the word serves in a sentence is what makes it whatever part of speech it is. For example, the word “run” can be used as more than one part of speech:
 Sammy hit a home run. ( run is a noun, direct object of hit )
 You...