<< 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

It's uncommon in my experience to use the possessive like this after "thanks," which is a bit casual. Even "Thank you for your coming," strikes me as unusual, but I'm not prepared to say it's incorrect. It's

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

"I enjoy watching t.v." The word watching is used as a subject noun (i.e. a gerund) and the word t.v. is what? watching is not a subject noun, no. The underlying structure is I enjoy . The bracketed part is the object of the verb enjoy .

d_say: Certainly. 1) I calling his name. Juliet, from the balcony, called his name - Romeo, Romeo, where are you, Romeo? His is the possessive case of the pronoun "he", modifying "name". - His name is Romeo. My avatar is

Here is another example: We listen to Fagin __ and share her tormented feelings. A.talk to Nancy. B. talking to Nancy. I chose A since I thought that would make the sentence parallel, but the answer was B. So is that everytime we see

English has nominative, possessive, and, for pronouns, object. That's all. Some (not I) would say that English has a dative case, as for instance "me" in "She gave me the book". Yes, it does, the case I called