Dear friend, passivization is impossible in some instances. The example you refer to features a to-infinitive clause as a direct object, and in this case passive becomes unacceptable: *To eat mango is wanted by him. Respectfully, Gleb Chebrikoff

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

Dear friend, the brown floor is a single noun phrase, you rightly assume so. It is the direct object of the sentence They painted the brown floor. However, when it comes to the second sentence, the analysis differs, the floor brown is not a

Dear friends, just a tiny remark. ...for some jerk to catch me carrying this thing around and get the wrong idea is a to-infinitive clause. It is the subject predicative in the given sentence: All I need is f or some jerk to catch me

Greetings, my friend. I looked at this a few hours ago and gave up on it. I'm glad you tackled it. I'm too old to fight about using subjective case for objects. But my instincts let me down on what modifies what. (I know CJ thinks worring

Hi, The citizens of Taiwan vote for their president every four years. The students secretly voted their new teacher the best teacher in the school. Why does the first in the above contain "for" while the second

Hi Ticce. There are some verbs which are followed with infg forms. __ Some verbs that are followed by -ing can also be followed by infinitive of purpose. One of them is stop. See these ones: I stopped talking . (I ceased to do it.) (I stopped

1) The day preceded rain with sunshine . (does it mean that the day started with rain and then the sunshine came?) 2) He preceded good news with bad . (does it mean that he gave good news first and then bad?) 3) She preceded coffee with

1. Can you tell me who her sister is? (Her sister is Mary)Mary is object. I supposed that it should be whom. I don't know why it should be whom. It shouldn't be "whom." This is a being verb ("is"), and it doesn't

. The crisis is the direct object of blame and the banks is the object of "on" Yes, of course; I presumed you were speaking of verb objects. .