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CB,Thank you for your input. At least I know I am not the only one with the PASSIVE approach toward this typeof sentences. <<<Football is a popular sport as an adjective, although it is a past participle. However, some may argue this is a passive voice sentence because my exhaustion was...

played in almost all Asian and European countries.The sentence consists of a main clause and a relative clause, which has been reduced by omitting the relative pronoun and the passive auxiliary (is). I call such structures clause equivalents, but terminology is unimportant here. The relative...

Hi, I have a question about clauses. Halema'uma where the legendary Pele, Hawaiian goddess of fire, is said to live. (relative clause, as it defines Halema'uma???)Yes, it's a relative clause that is adjectival. I assume you know that this whole utterance is not a proper sentence, as it lacks a...

Anonymous wrote:I know that a comma does not need to be used in a compound sentence when the verbs use the same subject, but what happens when the subject is only implied? Sandy borrowed two boxes of CDs on Tuesday, returning them on Friday.Would this sentence need a comma after Tuesday? I agree...

The structure you're asking about contains a FOR ... TO ... clause, like this basic structure: IT IS/WAS (not) FOR subject TO verb. (Of course these are the subject and verb of the FOR ... TO ... clause -- not the subject and verb of the sentence.) 1. Basic structure: It is easy for me...

The short answer is that if you're talking about not having done something for a certain period of time, use the present perfect after since, and if you're talking about what you did some time ago, use the simple past. ___________ The long answer. If the meaning is I have not ...+en...

Ghai_prince13 wrote:15.1. In one of periodicals of the country which language is studied, I’ve read interesting articles in”our earth” animal are not prisoner. We human have had a long association with wild animal. In the last few thousand year we have deepened on them for our very...

15.1. In one of periodicals of the country which language is studied, you have read through clause about liquidation of zoos in greater cities. You talk to the friends: 1) Tell it about read through; tell, what was heading of clause; 2) Express the opinion on this theme, specifying pros and...

I think it's like this: Football was the last sport which i played. So "was" is a normal full verb in the main clause und you have a relative clause with another verb. Please correct me if i'm wrong.

Ignorant88 wrote: I was told that when a parenthetical element follows a coordinating conjunction used to connect two independent clauses, we do put a comma in front of the parenthetical element. 1) The Tigers spend much of the season at the bottom of the league, and even though they picked...