Here, the second occurrence of them is unobjectionable as the direct object of hear. But while animals can be seen or heard, only events can be witnessed, and hence the direct object in the first clause must be the gerund being, and therefore them

<< What's stopping the pronoun being the object of the clause. >> I think this would only work as an appositive, but it would need a comma, and would make no sense contextually. What's stopping the truck, being more than

The head of the phrase is the central element of the phrase, not the first word in the phrase, but I assume you know this. I would not know how to identify such a critter. "Heading the phrase" is a very new concept to me. The only thing

We certainly don't want you to flunk! First, you have to know what a noun is and what a pronoun is. A noun is a person, place or thing, like a house, a dog, a pen, a computer, or the Internet. A pronoun is a word that substitutes for a noun.

Anaylsis of the large structure: Independent clause #1 : I can not tell you that, mate, Conjunction joining two independent clauses: but Independent clause #2: what I can tell you is that it was one day before my birthday ____________________

Oh, this is a tricky subject!I have found that it is better to analyze the syntax to make sure. Gerunds always function as nouns. (subject, direct object, object of a preposition, etc.) and participles act as adjectives. Gerunds are verbals, and

Hey, i'm new here. My name is Tim and I got this forum from a friend of mine. He told me that this might help me with the problem i got. I have a brother that is 16 years old and i'm 23( in the US Army). He needs help with his english. The

Hey, i'm new here. My name is Tim and I got this forum from a friend of mine. He told me that this might help me with the problem i got. I have a brother that is 16 years old and i'm 23( in the US Army). He needs help with his english. The teacher

None of these names for cases applies much to Modern English; we have neither an accusative nor a dative case and many linguists might argue we do not even have a true genitive (just a "clitic s"). Nouns have an all-purpose "base case" and a

Good day, all! Read through....the question is at the end. English cases, though no longer taught as such, are still somewhat present and remnants of the cases in Old English. During the time between say, 1300 and the present, we lost