In Determiners^x, Verbs^x, Tenses^x

3a) A cat ate the small animal. 3b) A cat is a small animal. The syntactic analyses of the two sentences are differents. In the sentence 3a) we have (s, v, do) while, in the second sentence 3b) we have (s, v (copular), sP). In 3a) “a cat “is noun phrase (a is determiner...

1a) We painted the red door. 1b) We painted the door red. 1a) We painted the red door. "We" is NP consists of the head noun "we" which is pronoun functioning as subject. Painted is VP consisted of the head verb "painted" and it is past simple...

I answered this question i just need someone check my answer and tell me if there a mistake and what is the correction of it. What types of phrase have been underlined? Analyse the phrases and give information about what elements they contain and what sort of words they consist of. 1 3...

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...

Walking as if each step were painful1, she slowly pushed open the glass door and hobbled down the nearest aisle2. 1: Dependant clause (what kind of dependant clause??) I'm kind of confused as to the nature of this subordinate clause... It is reduced clause(While/As she was walking...) ...

Thanks Philip. How about the next one: Walking as if each step were painful1, she slowly pushed open the glass door and hobbled down the nearest aisle2. 1: Dependant clause (what kind of dependant clause??) I'm kind of confused as to the nature of this subordinate clause... 2:...

You have problems with determiners, plurals, verb tenses, prepositions and general grammatical structure. I've corrected the first paragraph for you and highlighed problems in the second. In the second paragraph you have started inserting a space before commas, which is incorrect. The government...

ringed and beated are not correct past tenses of these verbs. Rang and beat are the simple past tense for these verbs. You could say The world rang in the new year. USC beat Michigan in Rose Bowl if you wanted to express these things in past rather than present tense. However, both of these...

You have a lot of errors in there. I get the impression this is part of your course-work so it won't really help you if we just make the changes for you. The best way to learn is to make mistakes and then learn from them. . There are too many errors for me to quickly go through the problems and...

Hi, I've gone through the first paragraph for you and highlighted problems in the rest. Your main difficulty seems to be the use of singular/plural, verb tenses and knowing when you need a determiner. There are other errors as well though. Once again, NO CAPITAL LETTER AFTER COMMAS! Nicely...