Hello everyone, Would anyone mind having a read through my answers below to see if i'm on the right tracks? I'm looking at the meaning/function and form of the sentence/underlined words! With many thanks!! Fiona is very

The for-to-Infinitive Construction "is a construction in which the infinitive is in predicate relation to a noun or a pronoun preceded by the preposition for," L. A. Kaushanskaya (1970:200) In the sentence the for-to-Infinitive Construction can

Jaleel.nt, in the first instance, we deal with a phenomenon that is conventionally known as a passive gerund ; the whole clause with being... can be substituted with a noun phrase, eg, ...this award . Therefore, we refer to being... as a nominal

Hi there Is the preposition 'to' always required in such as construction: 'I replied (to) his email'; 'I'll reply (to) you when I have the time' Can we omit it? Cheers

I need some help identifing the prepositional and verbal phases in: Assuming these conditions will be acceptable to you, we are proceeding with the construction of the building. I know "of the building" is one but need help.

Hi there, guys: Thank you for your posts, but, as GG said, this thread began a long time ago. I have a far greater understanding of grammar now, and after reading your recent answer, I totally agree. Adverbials have scope to

Hello Eddie88, the main difficulty in this situation is that people sometimes confuse phrases as such with clause elements. In Kevin hit the nail with a hammer the highlighted part is a prepositional phrase ; such phrases have two obligatory

Each of the following sentences may contain an error in grammar, idiom or usage. If there is an error, it will appear in one of the underlined portions. Answers are given at the answer part. First try to answer by yourself, and then check it

Hello Duplicine, Welcome to the forum! The essential thing about the passive construction is that the subject of the verb (passively) receives the action, instead of (actively) performing it, and thus corresponds to the object of the

Maybe in those cases the right preposition is really "of", as MM said. I had never heard of "of" used that way, except when "ask" means "demand" or "expect": You might be asking too much of them.