By Expressions, Noun phrases

Hmm... this seems to be another case of varying terminology. I have no objection to calling a participle an adjective, I'm just not used to that. Nor am I used to many other grammatical terms used here, like "a noun phrase". Don't get me wrong! I certainly don't mean...

Hello Kooyeen, First,thank you very much for your answer . In the meantime I've got the answer on part 1 of my post .It is a question of a preposition at the end of a question.I understand that if ,for example, I ask : Where are you going to? - "where" is a pronoun since it can be replaced with...

Dear Goodman,When I wrote "you could be right though!" I meant about the removing of the 'but' in "The store does not sell books as such, but it sells magazines ..."As I said in my first post, I don't use as such at all. The reason is its repetitive nature hiding behind as such. If I have to...

All of your examples are gerunds if we stick to modern terminology. Forget about the terminology verbal noun. It's total garbage! It has many different definitions, depending on the author and when the grammar book was written. _____________ The modern definition is given at...

would you say "John calling" is a noun phrase almost identical to "his calling" where "calling" is a genitive functioning as a noun?No. There is nothing genitive going on here. It's (among other things) a Whiz-Deletion. That will be John who is calling. So calling is part of the verb...

Hi, Just a comment adding to the experts’ post…. “looking forward to” is an idiomatic expression” What follows is either a noun, or noun phrase. i.e. I am looking forward to …What? What- implies a noun. My vacation in Hawaii, or my first dance lesson. Since gerund is a noun, it’s only...

Hi, What does "socially awkward" mean? Is it "shy" or something? It refers to someone who lacks social skills, although they may possibly be able to learn them. Such a person may be shy, but not necessarily. Is there any difference between "socially awkward"and " socially misfit"? The normal...

Both are fine. Here is what the American Heritage Dictionary has to say:USAGE NOTE: Every is representative of a large class of English words and expressions that are singular in form but felt to be plural in sense. The class includes, for example, noun phrases introduced by every, any, and...

Good question. It points out some of the awkwardness, not to say fallacies, associated with some of our usual explanations of the grammatical machinery of English! It is true that it is difficult to find a noun phrase which can easily and smoothly replace meeting you in the example...

Sometimes passive sentences are described without using auxiliary verb, when don't we use aux verbs in passive sentence? Example:- Insulin: A hormone secreted by the PancreasFirst of all, a hormone secreted by the pancreas is not a sentence. It is a noun phrase, that is, an expression that...