I saw him washing his car. (While I was) Washing his car , I saw him. washing his car = sentence adjunct -- I saw his (not him) washing his car . = MC (matrix clause) his washing his car = SC (sub) = OD I saw his (not him) washing his car .

I’m sorry but I disagree. It’s very common to say ‘I fly American/United/Lufthansa/El Al’ and so on. The meaning of such expressions is widely understood. The word ‘American’ is functioning as a noun here. Even when used in a

I am not particularly fond of "lion flew...", for lions are not known to have wings. You may consider metaphors such as "....soaring like a eagle high in the sky". This firmly solid United Nations building, This is not

What's so strange about the use of the past in the second sentence? You mean the use of "Now" with past tense? It may sound strange, but please read the following definition from the cambridge dictionary online: now adverb ( IN

Hi, Holy cow, you don't waste time with jumping in with big, ole questions, do ya? (It would be better to ask different questions in different posts in the future, if you don't mind.) I recently agreed to edit scripts for a group --

By the way, if you come back with the idea that the South Pole can be a general area rather than a specific point, and therefore the sentence above with where is perfectly fine, then you are again not taking the sentence "in the intended

What do you think of this rewording: - That we can't afford it is the simple reason we aren't going. It occurs in informal speech, as you know. Sorry, but the sentence I posted above strikes me as more formal than the original version. In

Hi, Avangi, Many thanks for your further explanation. I guess I know how to express myself much better now. Is she often late for school? Yes, she is often late for school. (Long answer) => Yes, she is (often late for

SORRY ABOUT CAPS! COMPUTER BROKEN! And what's the problem with your Y and O ? The adverb is OK in either position and unnecessary in both.

hello everyone, am to ask bout the verb influence.In this sentence, I managed to influence him to forget about her remorse about her past. Is the infinitive to forget an adverb of purpose or just a complement, which could have been constructed