In Before and After^x, Verbs^x

Hi, Please tell me if they are punctuated correctly. 1. He is unable to move; thus, it will be hard for him to come to your house today. OK, but I'd prefer a period to a semi-colon. 2. He has hurt himself in a traffic accident. It will thus be hard for him to come to your house today....

Given the structure: he drew compensation from the team until beginning his investigation in March 2006. One possible paraphrase is as you have written it: he drew compensation from the team until the beginning of his investigation in March 2006. But a better paraphrase is: he drew...

Hi, the objective of ... is to create a database, providing information as well as raising awareness.... But the phrases in your sentence are not parallel. The infinitive and verb-ing forms are all in one sentence. Could you tell me more? Maybe I misunderstood the word "parallel"....

The positions before and after a form of to be are both nominative case positions. (who, she, he, etc.). The correct forms therefore never include whom in these structures. Who is it? Who is the president? Who can that be? Who might that be? Who will be there? Who might be in the...

hi break away! I am not an expert in english language but I have had some studies in grammar. as far as I know, "about four years ago when I was living in Paris" is an adverb clause of time. adverb and adjective clauses of time should be as close as possible to the word or phrase that is...

Rho, Ok, I'll play your game. Take your own medicine, fight fire with fire. "{Q1}. Are you intentionally ignoring the difference between 'before/after' as an adverb and 'before/after' as a conjunction ?" Are you intentionally making that assertion? Before and After are different by...

1) The "has" is required because it shows that it's a present perfect tense, ie. Jones denied using drugs in the past and at present, is still denying it. It's a repetition and continuation of the verb (denied) from the past to the present. If you say "Jones consistently denied", it implies that...