By Colons, English grammar

I was reading a website on English grammar. I came across a sentence which reads:"The old man wanted hide his money, for he feared his children would steal it from him."My quesiton is, why there is no "to" after "wanted"? Would someone shed some light on it?...

I doubt that it is more nearly acceptable that we reproduce the exact same thread with a new date on it. The word that I mispelled was "clause." If you reread the post, I misspelled several words. I was copying from the Gregg reference manual (an English grammar / usage reference manual) as...

Question 1Although the question has already been answered, I should like to comment on why arise is the correct choice. The subject of the clause should any difference arise is difference, which is singular and third person. One of the fundamental principles of English grammar is that the subject...

What's a clause? I am not understanding what an independent clause is when using a comma or semicolon? How do I know wether to use a comma or semicolon? Please give example. <Edited: The word is grammar. Also, it would REALLY help us, as Francesca has already pointed out in another post, if...

Hello MrP, how are you? I got the paper back with comments by a referee. So I changed a few things and I have some doubts: 1) “The Pyrrhonist’s ataraxia and philanthropia: On the Aim and Character of Sextus Empiricus’ Skepticism.” Last time you told me that “end” was ambiguous, so I replaced it...