Hi Elizabeth Re: 'He asked her to dance'. That was a great reply to something that I too was unsure about. If I understand you correctly, that example is analysed as: 'He - asked - ' i.e. S-V- , where O is an

" building cars is a very difficult task " What is a very difficult task? The subject of the sentence is "building cars" Let's look at it another way: The assembly process for cars is a difficult task. -> Process is

"If the i.o.u.'s are issued as threated, it would be the first time since 1992 -- when Gov. Pete Wilson paid roughly 100,000 state employees with them -- that the warrants were used to hold over those to whom the state owed money . "

Hi Winkie. If Mr.Wordy don't mind Inquire is an intransitive verb, so it cannot take direct object. Usuall forms are: inquire about / after / for. I want to use the "inquire" to express "The enterprise asked the authority

"I know what Carol to do" is wrong. Indeed, it is wrong after the verb "know." But these are fine: I know what Carol does. I know how Carol drives. I know that Carol knows how to drive. I know that Carol should drive more

I followed all this, but here is a construction I have had trouble with: He asked her to dance.   We permitted them to go. What are the HER and THEM? What are TO DANCE and TO GO? I almost decided that the whole "her to dance" and

I got a ticket the other day. A manager wanted ... so he was laid off. Wasn't that easier to say? all writers should notice the use of passive construction to avoid responsibility or association. Your villains, if the cowardly type, should use

Most of people think the government is to blame for rising unemployment As far as I know, blame is the only verb in the English language that can occur in this construction. (someone) to blame for (something) The infinitive to blame is transitive,

1. Yes, the difference between a complex noun phrase and a simple one is that the complex noun phrase will contain at least one dependent clause. 2. That's one of the ways of identifying noun clauses. It isn't always east, though, as you

What you call your "attempt" is almost perfect, Eddie. You're good at grammar! One minor correction I'd made would be the category acting as subject: it is a clause, not a phrase. It has a verb (even if not a finite form) and it