My pleasure, English 1b3. In my opinion, the two noun phrases do not meet the specified requirements to call them appositives. Instead, as I pointed out, they are mere conjoins - coordinated direct objects put together without conjunctions

Hi Alc I will begin with a few comments. Maybe someone else will add more. 2 This piece of meat isn't diced /cut as well as the other BOTH "Diced meat" would normally be a reference to many, very small pieces of meat. Therefore,

John C wrote on 25 Jan 2005: John C wrote on 24 Jan 2005: I bet you'd ... how it sounds. Different from the ungrammatical *"I bathe everyday". I now know what you mean by your last point. My dictionary says that 'everyday' is

But not every -ing form is a gerund. I think ... or "he is raising Cain" (verb)? I hear the second. Yet the example referred to the first. Maybe pluralizing the highlighted nouns will clarify the point: Kids enjoy raising beans.

But not every -ing form is a gerund. I think the question is, is it more like "the raising of Cain" (noun) or "he is raising Cain" (verb)? I hear the second. Yet the example referred to the first. Maybe pluralizing the