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Re: The difference between a phrase and a sentence (Chris)

—A sentence must have a subject (expressed or not), a verb, and a complete thought supplied by a variety of constructions. Example: We are assigned a grammar presentation. —A phrase is a collection or word without a subject/verb, or complete thought Example of a Phrase: “over the...

Re: got/gotten

I agree with you wholly, Yankee. Simply I wanted to explain the difference between such construction. Thanks for attention.

Re: Two question about "where"

Hello Ant 222, First,thank you for the compliments.It means to me. Excuse me for misinterpreting your message it was not intentional.I'm glad we agree on this point,but it would also be ok with me if we do not.There is always room for every sort of opinion.I think that a native english-speaking...

Re: I'm going to marry him whatever they say!

Milky wrote: CalifJim wrote:A native tells me that it does occur in such as the second example. The native must have misunderstood the question. Does it No., and if it does, why? And is it widespread? No."gonna" has to be followed by a verb. London isn't a verb!I'm gonna London is totally...

Re: it doesn't work and its not working

Hi again, my question is what is the difference between the usage of "the issue has been resolved" and "the issue is resolved" I'd like to quote a few sentences about the passive from a favourite book called 'Teaching Tenses', by Rosemary Aitken. In all passives, the past participle forms a...

Re: "I believe" and "I believe that"?

There’s no difference between "I believe …" and "I believe that …" in examples A) & B) given by you. ‘That’ is subordinating conjunction that joins a clause to another on which it depends for its full meaning and that it may be let out or elided sometimes in some complex sentences. It can be...

(Unknown 22884)OHHH I FINALLY CAN POST!!!

"The Change of the Characteristics in the passage from The Hours" The passage from the novel The Hours by Michael Cunningham is intriguing. The passage illustrates the difference between the character's characteristics in different time settings: past and present. This difference is...

Re: Please help correct my grammar to my friend

Newbie2007 wrote: Quangtn03 wrote: Hi newbie."I wish you will have..." is a true conditional sentence. I think this is a letter so the writer have a wish for his friend.The latter is "I wish you will be happy", not "I wish be happy". He write for friend not for himself. Are you ok? Tell me what...

Re: conjunction and preposition

Hi, Anon, In my humble opinion, there's something wrong with your excerpt. What I think I see are two examples of the conjunction "as well as." What the word "prep" is doing there I'd need to look at your source to figure out. One method I often use to check for conjunctions is substituting...

Re: Negative interrogative phrase ?

Okay, let's take a different example. You go to the doctor and say "I haven't been sleeping well." He may say "For how long haven't you been sleeping well?" - it's an awkward, ugly construction, but not incorrect. Or "How long has it been since you started to not sleep well?" Also...