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First of all, so as for is not a grouping. Here so means therefore, and as for goes together as a grouping meaning concerning or in regard to. So as for leaving tomorrow, the trip is off = Therefore, to wake him up.In this construction the subject of the sentence is the subject of the...

The language seems to be undergoing a change in the agreement rules for there constructions.In casual speech the singular verb seems to satisfy many people, no matter what follows! (Compare hay in Spanish -- there is/are -- always singular.)I'm guilty of the same, especially with contracted...

Anonymous wrote: 1.Combine each set of simple sentences below to produce the kind of sentence specified in parentheses. 1) People begin to recycle. They generate much less trash. (Complex.) <No idea, but TIP: Using subordinating conjunctions!> 2) Environmentalists have...

Hi, Maitha I often see native speakes of English (in chatrooms or forums) confusing those two words; but they are very different. "Their" is the possessive adjective that coresponds to the pronoun "they": "The children left their books on the desk." (their books= the books that belong to the...