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Nora, of all the candidates who are running, is the best. Is "of all the candidates who are running" an appositive or some sort of strange relative/adjective clause. I think that it is not an adjective clause, because a relative pronoun is not found at the beginning of the phrase. Any help...

Velimir wrote:Hello everybody, I have two questions about the word "where" . 1.I've been told that "where" in the following sentence is a pronoun by its form : Where did you get to? And the explanation is that in possible answer like: I got to page 4. it stands for the noun phrase "page 4". If...

Hi I have a few questions. What's the difference in meaning between these two sentences: 1. I shall be bringing Ben with me when I visit you on Friday, if that's all right. 2. I shall bring Ben with me when I visit you on Friday, if that's all right. Does the phrase I'm thinking of going...

It is estimated that during the 1980’s approximately $50 billion in private investment capital left Mexico, adding to the strain on the country’s debt-ridden economy.In a participial clause beginning with a present participle, the participle can be used instead of a relative pronoun and an...

Anonymous wrote:I'd really appreciate your reply to my first letter. But in the sentence: "The news that he won surprised us all." that he won- is the noun clause;according to one of the website on the Internet. In the sentence "The fact that the earth is round is obvious." that the earth is...

Anonymous wrote:1. The news that he won surprised us all. (Noun clause?)2. The news which we received last month was unbelievable.3. It is a fact that the earth is round.4. The fact that the earth is round is weel well-known. Hi Sothy Sin, #1 and #2 relative pronoun clauses are of adjectival...

Liveinjapan wrote:New York Sen. Hillary Clinton won Nevada but captured fewer delegates in what is shaping up as two-person race. Where does what refer? Can I replace 'in what' with ', which'?Hi LiJGrammatical terminology varies from country to country, even from grammarian to grammarian, and...

Steve S. wrote:However, I cannot provide a grammatical explanation as to why they sound ungrammatical. I'm looking for a grammatical explanation.In the grammatical terminology and usage I am familiar with, which and whom are either interrogative pronouns or relative pronouns. In the sentences...

Cool Breeze wrote: Anonymous wrote:There were too many people waiting in the queue, some of whom looked like Italian.Can I simply write 'some of them' looked like Italian? Since I don't know who Anonymous is and whether he'll be back at all, I'll give you my answer. First of all, looked like...

Anonymous wrote:There were too many people waiting in the queue, some of whom looked like Italian.Can I simply write 'some of them' looked like Italian? Since I don't know who Anonymous is and whether he'll be back at all, I'll give you my answer. First of all, looked like Italian is wrong...