I'm so cross with myself. I can't even cite material correctly. Join the club! Have you finally got it right? Here is the sentence! It was on his way back past them, carrying a large burger, that he heard what they were saying. He =

Secondly, does a noun phrase always have a complementizer at the start of it (head)? No. According to the description in Wiki, complementizers are the syntactic head of a full clause. A noun phrase is not a full clause. Example: "the grand

Correct me if I'm wrong. OK. You're wrong, Elly. The examples above are a bit strange actually. I would say they seem "strange" to you simply because the usage is new to you. The fact that a usage is new to you does not

I'm so cross with myself. I can't even cite material correctly. Here is the sentence! It was on his way back past them, carrying a large burger, that he heard what they were saying. He= subject was= main verb on his way= preposition plus

Hi Anon The word "weather" is not countable, and normally is not used with the indefinite article "a". Thus, you should say: - "The Philippines has very bad weather." - "It's very nice weather!"

A student uses scissors to cut (the) paper. You should be consistent with the articles: Here are some natural variations: The student uses scissors to cut the paper. >> A specific student is cutting some specific paper. Students use scissors

Thanks for that Grammar Geek. Your links were very interesting, but I must say I don't agree with the view that because something is used commonly it can be considered correct.

I do say "an 'istoric" because for me the h is silent. Wow, that's interesting. Merriam Webster doesn't give that pronunciation, so it is probably really regional. I tend to use "an" instead of "a" in

It's just regional. I would never say 'otel or 'ospital, but historic as a single word (for me!) has only the slightest breath of an h. I always say "an istoric hotel" and I tend to write "an historic" as well.

Thanks for your quick response Grammar Geek and by the way, sorry about the spelling mistake in my original posting. Just shows that I'm not an expert. Just one thing puzzles me. How do you pronounce the word historic on its own. I would find