By Determiners, Noun phrases

I have posted this question on another forum, but I haven't exactly received a satisfactory answer, so here it is: "I am all that you have home." (If anyone here is a fan of The Decemberists, then they might recognize this line!) "I" would be noun phrase one and the...

Buddhaheart wrote:1. We really appreciate your giving us your opinion regarding this issue. OK 2. We really appreciate you giving us your opinion regarding this issue. Not OK What comes after the main verb ‘appreciate’ is a noun phrase ‘your giving …’. ‘Giving’ is a gerund acting as a noun....

First and foremost, thanks for the reply. I really appreciate it.1. We really appreciate your giving us your opinion regarding this issue. OK 2. We really appreciate you giving us your opinion regarding this issue. Not OK What comes after the main verb ‘appreciate’ is a noun phrase ‘your...

1. We really appreciate your giving us your opinion regarding this issue. OK 2. We really appreciate you giving us your opinion regarding this issue. Not OK What comes after the main verb ‘appreciate’ is a noun phrase ‘your giving …’. ‘Giving’ is a gerund acting as a noun. What precedes a...

The only thing that can come after a preposition to form a prepositional phrase is a noun phrase, usually a noun accompanied by its preceding determiner and perhaps an adjective. A relative clause may be added. The noun itself may be a gerund. If the element after the candidate for a...

Categories or Parts of Speech he - pronoun he - noun phrase (NP)* is - verb a - article nice - adjective person - noun a nice person - noun phrase (NP)* is a nice person - verb phrase (VP)* *These designations come from a system of analysis called 'transformational...

Kooyeen wrote:Hi,I don't think grammar in writing is different from grammar in speech at all. You can write the way you speak and speak the way you write. So... what is that QCA really doing? Nothing, I guess. Playing cards instead of working, LOL. I agree in some part, Kooyeen. I think that...

Good question. It points out some of the awkwardness, not to say fallacies, associated with some of our usual explanations of the grammatical machinery of English! It is true that it is difficult to find a noun phrase which can easily and smoothly replace meeting you in the example...

OED definition of "all": • predeterminer & determiner 1 the whole quantity or extent of: all her money. 2 any whatever: he denied all knowledge. 3 the greatest possible: with all speed. • pronoun everything or everyone. • adverb 1 completely. 2 indicating an equal score:...

A. She talked to the students who failed the test. (Am I referring to some of the students who failed, or all (the?) students who failed?) All who failed. B. She talked to students who failed the test. (Am I referring to all (the?) students who failed, or have I incorrectly omitted...