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Sorry,they are not the ssame and you can not drop the (es) and say that for the following reasons: Especially or Specially? This is a favorite question of grammar checkers. Most of the time there is little or no difference between the words especially and specially. Special is a common...

This is a function, not a part of speech. That is, there is no such thing as a part of speech called a "predicate adjective". Most of your examples are nouns functioning as adjectives within a compound noun structure. If you need to know these for a class, check with the teacher or...

Dear MM, I sincerely appreciate your great explanation (The answer probably can't be found elsewhere. Not to mention the Grammar books). Some online dictionaries stated that the inflected forms of both the adjective and adverb of "heavy" are the same that confuse me....

Hi, I'd like to know if the part I'm sure is an adverb clause or an adverb phrase - or possibly neither of it.You can enjoy your holiday now, I'm sure. A sentence like this is characteristic of relaxed and casual speech and grammar. I don't see anything adverbial here. Instead,...

Thanks Philip. According to the grammar book, the answer to the #1 question is the adjective "happy". My problem is why not the verb "seem". I created the #2 question to mirror the question #1. But would the answer still be "happy", or the verb "act"...

I have a hard time deciding which word an adverb clause modifies in a sentence, examples: 1. Buy that coat now because it might be sold tomorrow. (A: because it might be sold tomorrow modifies the verb buy) I chos the adverb "now" because I thought the main emphasis/reason of the...

Here's the sentence: Jack hopes to join the Army next month. Answer: an infinitive phrase used as a direct object. I defined it as: an adverb infinitive phrase used to modify the verb "hope". I see the verb "hope' as an intransitive verb. From what I learned, an...

(Yay, I got the quote thing down!) Thanks for your time Avangi, I truly appreciate it. But I must say I'm just about as depressed as can be :(, because now I'm think I, as someone learning English as a 2nd language, am.....(pardon my languaged here) screwed. I don't thik I have...

(I don't know how to quote the part of your post in mine), but it's brilliant and it helped me understand the rules better. I think I have to learn to apply grammar rules as if they're a bit like mathematical teniques, dissect and analyze English texts as such..as least to...

Thank you very much Avangi for your explanation. But I have to confess I'm still as confused as before if not more. For this sentence: In the cage we saw a jaguar from the jungle of Brazil, I did a little more work. After reviewing the rules more closely, it does say in the grammar book...