By English grammar, Verbs

If there's no power, none of these gadgets matters.The rule is that none always takes the singular verb.However, the rule is more often broken than observed, so this rule is usually used only in formal contexts (such as English grammar exams), and the proximity rule mentioned earlier in this...

Hi,... and somebody says it's subjunctive. See also:http://www.englishforums.com/English/ChangingTenses/dqcdx/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/WhichSentencesAreCorrect/zjbhp/post.htm

Hi, In the book named "Longman English Grammar" by L. G. Alexander in the section 8 named "Prepositions, Adverb particles, and Phrasal verbs," I saw this sentence. What does 'case' mean to you? English uses more prepositions than most other European languages, partly...

I'm looking for the different use of "help to" and "help" verb, both of them are followed by infinitive. I don't understand their usage and in my English grammar there are not any definitions. When I have to use "help to" and when "help"? Thanks...

I just went downtown to do some shopping and while on the tram I began to think that Swedish - or any Germanic language - can't possibly be your mother tongue. Your second Swedish sentence may perhaps be heard now and then but I consider it bad grammar. Grammatically, jag skulle ha gjort...

Hello Anonymous,In your sentences there is no adjective phrases.A phrase is a name used in the english grammar to label a group of words which acts as a single unit in the syntax of a sentence,which means that you need at least two words to label some part of the sentence a phrase. Words,phrases...

It seems to me that in all of these examples "does" should be replaced with "did". After all, evidence is only gathered after some event. With that correction, out of the four suggested words only "may" and "is" would strike me as correct.

I seem to recall such a rule in the English grammar (using the example to illustrate it) example: the evidence suggests that he (should) be the one who does it.but can we saya) "the evidence suggests that he MAY be the one who does it" ?b) "the evidence suggests that he CAN be the...

.Get is a common verb in various verb phrases. These are used:Could you please get my car working? It doesn't seem to work. Could you please get my car to work? I will get my staff to work on it. -- Get to do has 2 common meanings here: (1)convince or coerce, or (1) cause to begin I will...

 I am making English grammar books in Korea. In Korea, students learn sentnece types 1 through 5. (s+v, s+v+c, s+v+o, s+v+i.o+d.o, s+v+o+o.c) And to explain sentence type 1, we put explanations as follows, along with example sentences "A baby laughed." and "He was in...