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

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 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

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. .

I have talked to Lewis for awhile while you were bathing. I talked to Lewis for awhile while you were bathing. (Should be this one &) I talked to Lewis for awhile when you were bathing. (this one,right? since "when"

"I want her to go" "I forced him to cook" In all these sentences, "her to go" and "him to cook" are infinitive phrases acting as direct object. The pronouns are the subject of the infinitive. Gerunds and

1. What exactly is an adverb of place? I know that it describes where the action takes place. "I was swimming at the pool" At the pool = adverb place But then someone told me that it can modify any direction of the verb. "I stole