Greetings, Icadia, Direct speech: It's against the law in our state for her to drive until she has been seizure-free for six months. Indirect speech: 1. The provisions of the legislation have probably not changed by the time of reporting

Oh, am I stuck in this necessary/unnecessary grammatical terminology? I was driving my old green car.    I hope "my" isn't a pre-determiner.  Hi, Avangi What part of speech is 'my' here? My odd-enough analysis is/was:

What part of speech is 'second'? My terminology is: 'second' is an adjective or a pre-determiner and largest is also a determiner. The thing is, I think, determing whether it is an adverb/adjective could lead to something

The second largest economy. What part of speech is 'second'? My terminology is: 'second' is an adjective or a pre-determiner and largest is also a determiner. Thanks.

Hi, I saw your post after I had replied to Nona's. Jackson: Please excuse me; I have taken some liberties in interpreting what you have written. No problems. Q1: Who told you that there is no freedom of speech

Hi, Mister Micawber, when is the omittion of the article grammatically acceptable? How come the sentence examples with no articles above yours are acceptable? Are there a set of rules for this? Or is this part of speech, the determiner, never

While the OED suggests 'possessive adjective (in modern usage also classed as a determiner)' Interesting... has "modern usage" increased the number of parts of speech, or just sub-classified them? The latter, it would seem ...

That may be its function, but its part of speech ... of, belonging to, affecting me. where the "a." means "adjective". While the OED suggests 'possessive adjective (in modern usage also classed as a determiner)'

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