it is still a noun, no matter what grammatical case it is in. I can't agree. There are numerous examples where the addition of a morpheme changes the grammatical category of a word. -tion changes a verb to a noun ( evict, eviction ); -ness

can we safely assume participles used can be ... adjectives in a predicate position No. You can't safely assume much of anything where English grammar is concerned! appear thundering doesn't work, for example. Most of them do work as you

HI Thomas, Thanks for sharig your thoughts. I don't think neither of us (Marvin and I) dispute the importance of garmmar, you made a generalization that seems to allude that we don't observe (or at least try to) the general rules of

I don't even know the "traditional" term for the structure we're discussing here (with making ... ) except that it involves a present participle. CJ: In the "classical" grammar I learned soon after the emergence of

Definitely two cats . Hmm. Barb, I am confused. "The black and the white horse are..." - Introductory Lessons in English Grammar - By William Henry Maxwell She lost the black and the white kitten. (two kittens) - DAILY GRAMMAR - - -

Dear MM, I sincerely appreciate your great explanation (The answer probably can't be found elsewhere. Not to mention the Grammar books). Some online dictionaries stated that the inflected forms of both the adjective and adverb of

This is exactly the point I was trying to make about the limitation of the rules. They're useful only in eliminating the adjectival function, not in asserting it. An adverbial / prepositional phrase, according to the two rules, may be placed

Hi, I need help with this grammar point. I was preparing myself for an English Grammar test, the material I'm studying to prepare for the test says that there are 7 words, namely 3 articles (a, an, the) and 4 possessive pronouns (my, our,

Hi CB, thanks so much for your reply(i was the one who asked about the differences between verbal nouns and gerunds). i agree that there seems to be discrepancies between one grammarians usage and another's. I certainly like your definition of

hi, i've been struggling with coming to grips with the differences between verbal nouns and gerunds. e.g. John's singing the national anthem bothered me. or John's singing of the national anthem bothered me. which is correct, and in