Greetings, Coloraday, an interesting observation you have made on the usage of these adjectives, and thank you for sharing it. However, there are strong reasons to prefer only one of the options suggested in the multiple-choice cloze, viz.

For what it's worth, this is my take. To these semi-native ears, I think not. Everyone was looking for him . Here, it's correct because it's used with a subordinate conjunction; "after". "He went missing" -

Hello, Darcy- and welcome to English Forums. Your sentence needs a bit of rearrangement: They are light, mottled grey overall, and they have a pink bill. (By the way, what are we speaking of here, immature albatrosses?)

does this sentence need a comma or more? They are overall mottled light grey with a pink bill. thanks, Darcy

I remember the day that he came. We aren’t going for the simple reason that we can’t afford it. Why do you think "that" might be an adverb in those two sentences, Debpriya De? The word "that" is very often used as a relative

It's not that hard to explain. The word "that" can modify an adjective or another adverb (often in combination with the word "all"). It's also usually found in negative sentences. Here are some additional examples: -

Greetings, Tina, Mister Micawber's answers are completely relevant, but let me make some additional remarks: 1. A time of prosperity and peace - is a noun phrase you analysed absolutely correctly. In general, noun phrases may have the

it is still not clear to me. OK. Maybe you just need a little review about "dummy it ". In many cases, as with adjectives like important, possible, and necessary , we move the subject from the beginning to the end of the sentence,

Could someone please check I have the right terminology for these words I will list first the terminology I have to use, then I will write the words and the terminology I think it is in red next to each word. Most of them are simple enough but

"Sending shooting pains" 1. in this phrase, what does "shooting" mean? 2. is "shooting" the adjective here? 3. can i also say: "shooting pains through my back" (with shooting used as verb)? 4. is