1. They recommended that she find a good lawyer. 2. They recommended she find a good lawyer. Both are fine. inserting of the in direct object after the verb "recommend" sounds redundant Yes. It's not necessary. I recommend you leave

d_say: Certainly. 1) I calling his name. Juliet, from the balcony, called his name - Romeo, Romeo, where are you, Romeo? His is the possessive case of the pronoun "he", modifying "name". - His name is Romeo. My avatar is

Firstly, to clarify, will the 'who/whom' always be at the start of the dependent clause? >> I think so. Most examples I have seen, who/whom is either the object of a proposition (starting the dependent clause), or very close to the

Just a comment (an aside) - I'd best leave the "would" terminology to the ESL folks. You've shot yourself in the foot by changing verbs. (active transitive) I would have sent you a present, but I was broke. (passive) I would have

Through a mixture of anthropological analysis and her own unorthodox experiments, complex phrase- adverb further dissected Through - preposition a mixture of anthropological analysis and her own unorthodox experiments compound noun phrase,

When do we useinversions in Reported Speech? I mean if we have indirect objects and different attributes, adverbs and so on?

Hi, IMHO only the first segment has a grammatical problem. The verb "to tell" requires an indirect object as well as a direct object. "I told her to get lost." I can think of examples where this is overturned, such as,

It is very difficult to understand what you mean. It would help if you did not use the general verb "advise" so much. Also, make the direct and indirect objects explicit. For example: Christine told me that Holman had agreed to change

"Whoever" is correct. The indirect object of the verb in the main clause is the entire noun clause, not just the head of the clause. Directly quoted from "Cliff's notes" (sorry for the long inset) Pronoun case in

1) Where are you? I've been waiting for 2 hours 2) I needn't have brought that milk I = subject need have bought = verb; present perfect tense, modal form (need is the auxiliary), buy is the main verb, bought is the past participle. not -