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

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

When we say 'his being' we are using 'his' as a possessive pronoun. This is tantamount to saying Bob's doing... (An apostrophe here indicates possessive). And whenever one uses such a construction, although one should try to

Jame is a very peculiar name, but you can contract it with is as you have done. The pronunciation of Spanish is and Spanish's is the same, so there's no point in using the apostrophe construction. Use the contraction only when the

What's right? The power of a nation. or A nation's power. And why? Please. Both are acceptable in the case of "nation" or a specifically named nation. The choice depends on the sound context. Native speakers choose the one that

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

What I was asking is would it be possible for the construction to be correct , but yes, a whole sentence is better. It would be possible for that sequence of words to be correct. Yes. Calling that sequence "a construction" confused the

She could feel a breeze coming in through the crack in the door, so she pulled the sheet over her back, her bare skin no longer showing . to cover her back . Her bare skin was no longer showing..

Why is it correct to use a comma after the word "Pentecost"? As we have seen, the feasts of the spring months, Passover and Unleavened Bread, Firstfruits, and Pentecost, were historically fulfilled ... Because the three capitalized

Hi. Could you please answer some questions on comma use? Sorry for not providing a full sentence for for no. 1. (I feel the part of the sentence that is given is long enough to answer my question.) 1. Why is it correct to use a comma after