Hi Saadi, When we use “it is” in the context such as yours, it is nearly impossible to come up with an explanation which may fit all the usages. It is cold and dark outside! – What is “it” ? one may ask. It – is an abstract pronoun which

This is a very interesting discussion. Allow me to present views:- Question: I would have written, ''fraud which perpetrated throughout.. What do you say? No. But you could say 'which was perpetrated throughout . . . ' turning the

1- We say Much or Little confidence , (an abstract noun): He had much confidence in himself He had little confidence in his abilities. The same applies to the abstract noun " courage ". He had little courage to do it. As for

Hello Hela 1) So what we call "the genitive case" is the apostrophe s and the relative whose , and the "possessive case" is any expression with of to express possession? Would you please give me sentences where we CANNOT use the 's but rather

Hello everybody, How can I talk about neutral inanimate objects and abstract nouns? First, I read about “possessive constructions” to find out what types of nouns can possess. Here is what I read online from “The American Heritage® Book of

I think you can say both - ? but await instruction from ppl with more interest in the nuts and bolts of grammar than I have!! my GUESS is - in the first the "me telling you" is a verb form, so the me is a personal pronoun and "telling" is the