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

Could anybody correct the article below for me and suggest me some better expression s or words or idioms base d on the writing below? Please correct my pronouns. 2nd May 2009 7:00p.m. This is my first time start writing diaries seriously. (you

Welcome to the forums! Maybe you need a recipe to convert sentences from active to passive. First you need to find the subject, verb and direct object in the sentence: The teacher himself couldn't explain it. Subject: teacher Verb: could

Here is a helpful article on articles . It describes omission of the article in non-count nouns: Subject: Candy is bad for your teeth. Milk should be pasteurized. Direct object: Drink water every day. I put sugar and milk in my tea. Object of

Hi BlackBlitz: Here is the way I see it. First, change the sentence by using a real adjective to replace the infinitive phrase. Then you can see if the infinitive serves as an adjective. For example: "You have time to do your homework"

You can't say, "Those hotdogs look good. I think I'll get a one!" You must skip the article only when the pronoun directly follows the verb without intervening modifiers. (Hmmm. That doesn't quite work!) It seems also to

Look at the following sentence taken from Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness": "The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion ..." The word "taking"

Hi GG: I think the problem is the personal pronoun "it", the use of articles and confusion of cases. Articles (or qualifiers) are not used with pronouns. I think that the article or qualifier is required for the direct object, but not

For my brother to feel, that he does not know the right term, must seem a real impediment. Hi frankie, thanks for joining us. Welcome to English Forums. Nix the comma after "feel." The feeling is bad. If this were your sentence, the

I'm so cross with myself. I can't even cite material correctly. Join the club! Have you finally got it right? Here is the sentence! It was on his way back past them, carrying a large burger, that he heard what they were saying. He =