Hi, I'd change these: 5. The sun was eclipsed by the moon. ACTIVE PASSIVE 9. This bone has been buried by the dog . PASSIVE 10. It takes a long time to think of these examples . PASSIVE ACTIVE 13. There was a cup of coffee on the table but now

The only time I'd expect to hear that construction in AmE would be for a calculated effect, never in conversation. Hi, Rick, didn't mean to sound huffy. We've had a few members who enjoy studying literature from past centuries, and

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

Hi English offers the possibility to work around the problem of having to use awkward constructions such as 'he or she' or 'his and hers'. For example, instead of saying that Someone has left his or her car on the sidewalk , you

Thanks for your suggestion: The word quantitative abilty in fact refers to maths skill as you had rightly mentioned earlier, its one of the technical skills in the related domain. Possibly I could rephrase the sentence as follows: To be part of

In Bryan A. Garner's "Dictionary of Modern American Usage", the set phrase "suffice it to say" is explained to be the subjunctive form of the indicative "it suffices to say". The article on the subjunctive mood in

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

There aren't really any set rules for this. But note the following: /I /suggest/ that you go/ --> construction= subject+verb+that-clause /I /order /you/ to go / --> construction= sujbect+verb+object+to-inf. the verb TO

No. But this specific syntactic form does require the past participle. Let me explain. You wrote 'It can be done' this is called a passive sentence. We use this form to denote that the subject undergoes an action. What the subject is

'have had' is the present perfect construction which, in this case, expresses result. Therefore, we call it the resultative present perfect tense – the result being that employees are left with positive feelings, or a positive working