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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...

Ellisa This is a very long passage and your other post seems to be even longer The editor at this web site makes it difficult to make corrections to long passages Also many teachers do not want to devote a long time working on a single post If you post only one paragraph at a time then different...

Hi I get more money than I give to or from him instead of Say it this way I get more money from him than I give him to to him You need to say to him for the same reason that you say from him ie the preposition comes before the pronoun You can also omit the to ie I get more money from him than I...

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...

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...

quote user Raen Do you mean opinion different from one person to the next or one grammar book to the next quote Language is constantly changing especially English Grammarians disagree constantly as Huevos has said Consider the expression Between you and me Both pronouns function as object of the...

Thanks Huevos for you enlightment But could we just for the sake of arguement allow me to examine the merit of this grammar point It says There are 7 words that are always adjectives articles a an and the and possessive pronouns my your our and their 1 As far as I know all 3 articles are always...

Hi Sentence You never know what is going to happen to you do you Begin the sentence with One One never knows what is going to happen to him her does one What is wrong with this sentence Is the usage of him her correct I think it is No be consistent One never knows what is going to happen to one...

quote user Grammar Geek Capitalization with Title Case is a matter of style AP Style would not capitalize in but others might Always capitalize nouns and verbs and usually do not capitalize articles and prepositions quote Thanks for such a succinct explanation GG You always put everything very...

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...