Greetings, Tina, Mister Micawber's answers are completely relevant, but let me make some additional remarks: 1. A time of prosperity and peace - is a noun phrase you analysed absolutely correctly. In general, noun phrases may have the

Dear friend, you'd better specify your question, as listing every possible meaning of 'what' will be of little help. Here are some of the most common meanings: 1. Interrogative pronoun - asking for information specifying something:

I think the original post was referring to possessives in general, not just 'him'. Trad grams called my, your, his/her/its, our, your, their possessive adjectives . However, in many modern grammars they came to be called

Dear friend, Basically, any sentence consists of two parts. They are complete subject and complete predicate. Complete subject is the part of the sentence which names what is talked about, in your case, it is trains. The part which tells what is

The number of of takes plural as usual When we are talking about amounts and quantities we usualyy use singular determiners, verbs and pronouns even if the noun is plural. Where is the five pounds I lent you? Twenty miles is a long way to walk.

Am I seriously wrong if I tell her that SINGULAR REGULAR NOUNS (I'm not talking about proper nouns, plural nouns, or pronouns) DO NOT START SENTENCES, but follow an article or a word like "some," "one," "that,"

. GENERALLY SPEAKING, the zero determiner is used in formal situations. Learners often use it when 'some' or 'any' is much more natural. Otherwise, there are no distinct rules of which I am aware. .

That changed with the arrival of wholesale fund ing , includ ing securitisation , and this reached £650bn in lending by 2007. funding is only marginally a gerund. I would consider it an ordinary noun in this sentence. Finnish grammar of

Strictly speaking, it is a determiner (or an article!) rather than an adjective. That may be its function, but its part of speech is still adjective. Just before posting this, to be sure ... handy "Pocket Dictionary of Current English"

I'm not sure about that. If you say "My coat", isn't "my" being used adjectivally? Strictly speaking, it is a determiner (or an article!) rather than an adjective. That may be its function, but its part of speech is