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Re: Questions

Grammar Geek — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:38:33 GMT

Anonymous
Can You Help Me With Words That Modify Verbs

They are called adverbs. What questions do you have about them?

Note that you do not need to start every letter with a capital letter.

Re: I do exercise on present simple and i need check it .

Grammar Geek — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:18:50 GMT

Hello BeginStudent

BeginStudent wrote:

Hi ,

The exercise is :

Add the word or words in brackets to the sentence in each case:

1.She does her h.w after dinner.(usually)

(my answer) 1.she usually does her h.w after dinner.

Okay, but remember to start with a capital letter.

BeginStudent wrote:

Michal comes home at 6 o'clock.(on tuesdays)

Michal comes home at 6 o'clock on thesdays.

Tuesdays not thesdays. Fine, or "On Tuesdays, Michal comes..."

BeginStudent wrote:

I watch the news at 8 o'clock.(almost always)

I didn't understand where i place adverb .

I almost always watch...

BeginStudent wrote:

Do you go to the pool?(even)

I don't do that too.

Do you even go to the pool?

BeginStudent wrote:

I play chess.(several times a week)

I don't do that .

There's no reason for you to not do this. It's no different from the Michal and Tuesdays. Try it again.

BeginStudent wrote:

Doesn't shila watch TV?(ever)

Doesn't shila ever watch TV?

Okay, but shouldn't Shila have a capital S?

BeginStudent wrote:

We are at home.(seldom)

We seldom are at home .

Okay.

Re: I have some question of present perefect

Goodman — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 22:48:13 GMT

Doll wrote:

Becaaaauuuse succesfullying doesn't exist in English. Succes noun, successful adjective and successfully adverb. Now that successful is not a verb, you got the answer I think.

The only verb in your sentence is suspend and successfully just modifies it.

Doll,

Just my 2 cents...

For your information. when exclaimation, CAPITAL LETTERS, and an exaggeration form of a word is used, it's considered either shouting out, rude, impatient or disrespectful in this part of the world.

Re: Comma and semicolon dualism

Betsy — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 05:56:34 GMT

Semicolon use
A semicolon following an independent clause [a complete sentence] signals that what follows is also an independent clause whose meaning is of equal importance to the first. Joining two clauses with a semicolon alone is appropriate only when the clauses are closely related and the relationship is clear. If they are not closely related, you probably should make them separate sentences. RULE: Although an independent clause following a semicolon is essentially a complete sentence, it never begins with a capital letter. Unlike a coordinating conjunction [and, but, for, or, nor, so, yet), a conjunctive adverb [however, nevertheless, accordingly, besides, indeed, similarly, then, thus, therefore, that is and others, or a transitional expression ["in fact" or "for example"] cannot be used with a comma to join two independent clauses. Conjunctive adverbs and transitional expressions require a stronger mark of punctuation: a semicolon [I wasn't busy;however, I did not have time to play golf.] 2) "When items in a series contain commas, readers may have difficulty deciding which commas separate parts of the series and which belong within the items. To avoid confusion, put semicolons between elements in a series when one or more contain other punctuation.[Confusing: "I interviewed Debbie Rios, the attorney, Rhonda Marron, the accountant, and the financial director." Edited: "I interviewed Debbie Rios, the attorney; Rhonda Marron, the accountant; and the financial director."] (The Longman Writer's Companion).

source: http://www.drgrammar.org/faqs/#14

Re: questions

Clive — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 23:11:24 GMT

Hi,

in the following sentence, what part of speech is the word Sadly? Sadly, I hung up the phone. It's an adverb.

in the following sentence, how is the underlined pharse used? Both Joe and I wanted the last piece of pizza. It's the object.

Please remember that an English sentence starts with a capital letter.

Best wishes, Clive

Re: Question on using the word 'better'

taiwandave — Tue, 22 Jun 2004 16:38:48 GMT

Miriam,

The book is by Rodney Huddleston and Geoffrey Pullum.

The capital letters in square brackets refer to a list of criteria on the preceding page concerning auxiliary verbs vs. modal auxiliaries. Here's the list:

AUXILIARY PROPERTIES
Primary verb negation.
Subject-auxiliary inversion
Emphatic polarity
Stranding
Exclusion of "do" in code
Precede adverb/quantifier
Negative forms
Reduced forms

MODAL AUXILIARY PROPERTIES
Only primary forms
[J] No agreement
Only bare infinitival complement
Can occur in remote apodosis
[M] Modally remote preterite in main clause

Examples are given for each item which I've omitted for brevity.