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

Are the below sentences grammaticaly correct? If people only knew how humble we are. I did not know what your name is. I came accross these two sentences while I was reading a book. I am asking this question because in all the books on English

Hi all, This is my first post, and i really hope someone can help me here. I was writing this piece, when it suddenly struck me that there seems to be little tense consistency in my writing. For example, consider this (just a contrived piece):

I guess that someone with a better knowledge of English grammar could pick fault with it but, as a native English speaker, I can't see anything wrong with it. It reads OK and it makes sense. The tenses look right to me. I think it's

William Strunk, Jr.'s "Elements of Style" should be taken with a grain of salt. Wikipedia says: It is one of the most influential and best-known prescriptive treatments of English grammar and usage in the United States. You have to

Hey fellas I have a question. I'm preparing for my english grammar exam and there's a question that keeps annoying me in one of the older exam papers. 1. Comment on the use of the present tense in the sentences below a)Peter lives in a

Thanks for the comment.. Yes, I have copied the question correct from a question paper for 7th STD students. I am finding it difficult to come to an answer for this too,.

No choice of tense will make this "sentence" correct. You can't end a sentence with "by the time": something else needs to follow, and the answer will depend on what that is. Are you sure you've copied the question

. There is no correct answer for your sentence, Janeesh. The sentence itself is ill-formed and carries no tense markers. Please re-check the original; it should read something like this: Sam .. a letter by the time we arrived in Mumbai . (Write)

I would like to have an exact answer for this Grammar Question. Complete the following sentence using the correct tense of the word given in the brackets: Question: Sam .. a letter by the time. (Write) Kindly answer me quoting rules... Regards