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I have always heard in conversation that must be him her on the phone Of course we say He is on the phone now Grammatically that must be him it is not strictly correct since the case of a pronoun after be is nominative However in this case must be we make an exception to this rule in all but very...

quote user CalifJim I don t even know the traditional term for the structure we re discussing here with making except that it involves a present participle quote CJ In the classical grammar I learned soon after the emergence of modern English making workers feel undervalued would be analyzed as...

Hi Ditch Welcome to the forums Yes in the future it would be better to ask only one type of question in a thread If they are related then of course they can be in the same post quote user Ditch 1 I understand that there is no rule against starting a sentence with a conjunction but I am a little...

Huevos So am I correct to assume that your classification of exhausted is adjectival in nature Perhaps this is the difference between how you and I see it For pure fact finding interest I have done some more investigative research Bear in mind my sentence was I am completely exhausted from Your...

Here is a practice Q A minute passed in complete silence Terri announced her wedding plans then I wrote A minute passed in complete silence when Terri announced her wedding plans A A minute when Terri announced her wedding plans passed in complete silence Grammar rules say The adjective clause is...

For example although it is true to say that the noun group is the structure we choose for the things we want to talk about it is not the only one Sometimes we want to talk about an event or an idea that is not easy to express in a noun group Instead we can use a clause as the subject of another...

I have noticed that my way of analyzing English differs to an extent from what is taught in the Anglo Saxon countries This is how I see your examples There was never any stopping it Stopping is a gerund It is used without a verb immediately before it after a form of to be was and that is typical...

Hi N2GI ll butt in if I may 1 He d only left her a note on the bedside table of which she had not understood the content There is a noun in the relative clause and that explains of in this case I would reword the sentence He d only left her a note the content of which she had not understood on...

Radford Transformational Grammar argues that these when while after before since until are all always prepositions However his is not a traditional approach He even denies that there is any necessity of having a category for conjunctions So you see there are a variety of theoretical approaches to...

It s correct What is used in questions at the beginning of a clause Are must be before the subject you in a question The continuous present tense is often used to denote future action No preposition is used before this when this refers to time CB