Well, non finite verb phrase, how is that? In my grammarbook it is said that every verb-phrase consisting of several verbs, the first will always be finite and the rest non-finite. Can you please explain what makes this a non-finite verb phrase?

Hi Avangi, Thanks for your help. I went back to the excerpts I copied from Newsweek but it didn't have "desicion" in the text. But the perceding sentence is like this: "What this shows is a government that is ready

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

I don't find much poetry here, sorry. If you will write it out as prose sentences, I will correct it for you.

Sorry, my mistake-- I wanted to make a complete change to this: she also was unwilling to make a refund 'Neither' does not work because it is ambiguous; it does not clearly reference the earlier sentence.

it's basically very good, I made a couple suggestions: Dear Mr. Gray, This is a letter from xxxxxx, I am a student who attends the Behavioral Intervention Center that you manage. I am writing to address a recent incident I was

I apologize for the double post but here is the final product. I am writing a letter to apologize to my principal for arriving at school intoxicated, but oblivious. I need a grammer EXPERT to point out any wrongs in this letter please, I also want

Have you considered what happens if you insist on subject-verb inversion in all questions AND insist that the question word must always be first? The two are contradictory. Placing the question word first takes precedence. ____ said that? Who

oops! Sorry amy, Thanks for helping and your informative opinion. At conclusion, I think the sentence is perfect... "affect" is also balance and "likely" I too agree it is also balance here. I was thinking what about