Do/does/did is not used in questions 1. with forms of to be : Is he happy? Were they swimming? 2. with perfect and past perfect auxiliaries : Have you seen him? Had it already begun? 3. sometimes with have/has/had when the verb is in the

What am I missing here? You are missing the rule that governs these cases! The function of the antecedent in the main clause is irrelevant. Choose the case of the relative pronoun ( who / whom ) on the basis of its function in the subordinate

Should this be a whom or who?- - Who Is student the DO?- - Yes Should there be a comma before- - No or is the subordinate clause considered essential?- - Yes

I'm having trouble explaining "why" a sentence can't have the following structure. Wrong: The woman lives next door is a doctor. When the subject of a relative clause is the pronomialized element, it cannot be omitted. The

don't make your sentences too long unnecessarily. always keep in mind what the subject of your sentence is, and see if there's concord. use (sub)ordinating conjunctions the way they ought to be used. don't overstretch yourself in your

The fact that Jim smokes... The pipe that Jim smokes... The first is an example of a content clause or an appositive clause. It is not a relative clause. These structures consist of a noun like fact or belief followed by a clause introduced by

I forgot to tell they can also begin with (who,whom,which,when,where,how,how many,how much. But you should use normal word order ,not question word order. Do you know how far it is to Hawaii?

I understand that it should be "It was he" or "It is I" grammatically, but I thought everybody favoured 'him' or 'me' in those places. This can not be extrapolated to 'whom' then? Your analysis is

Hi. Do you think the underlined sentence in past continuous is correct as it is? I think I would not be asking the question had there been a subordinate clause (is it anyway?) like "when Joe saw them." The sentences were written

According to the "experts" whom I follow, both are "correct." Both are perfect examples of the hypothetical conditional using the famous (terrifying?) subjunctive. The book does NOT have endless pages, because it does NOT