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Hi, Anon, I should probably keep out of this. I don't think they used the expression "complement" when I was in school. The type of action the verb describes often limits its function. Transitive verbs take objects. "She hit him." Intransitive verbs don't. "She matured." Some verbs...

Hi Incho I agree with the previous posters completely; I would just like to elaborate a little from a non-native speaker's standpoint to a non-native speaker. We're both foreigners, right? Since there are hardly any inflections in English, the word order is very rigid and certain phrases and...

Yes, yes, yes, Alienvoord! I played hard the entire game contains an adverb of manner ( hard ) followed by an adverbial expression of time ( the entire game ). game is not the noun object of played here. The internal "rules" or "feelings" of the English speaker force this interpretation....

Hi, Which of the following is correct: A UCLA English review course would do you well. OR A UCLA English review course would do you good. I have a bet with a friend. A grammatical explanation along with a grammar reference source would be quite helpful. #2 is correct. Good here...

Dear teachers, chemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />>> Sorry to bother you but I would be very grateful if you could help me analyze the following sentences. Sometimes some sentence elements appear ambiguous to me and I don’t know how to analyze them. Have you got a clue which would help...