Hello everyone, Would anyone mind having a read through my answers below to see if i'm on the right tracks? I'm looking at the meaning/function and form of the sentence/underlined words! With many thanks!! Fiona is very

Hi, I have difficulty in understanding verb usage(two verbs given and go in same sentence) in below sentence and also please tell me the parts of speech in the sentence. You need articles as shown. Effective and substantial critiques

Hi. Please help. 1. Is the use of the modal verb "would" a past of the modal "will"? The fact (part?) that is confusing me is that without further context, by the underlined sentence alone, I think the sentence would be

<< the end of the virtuous life of Abigail will be grave. >> Please educate me about noun phrases. I'm still trying, but I'm slow to catch on. I never heard of them until I joined EF. Any group of words beginning with a noun is

Living there is frustrating. living there - subject - gerund -noun plus adverb is - linking verb frustrating - subject complement / predicate adjective / present participle frustrating is adjectival because you can add "very" -- an

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.

Hi CB, To my home has nothing to do with verbs. To is a preposition here. Did I say it had anything to do with verbs? Yes, to is a preposition but to my home functions an infinitive object. Am I wrong? The auxiliary forms of need are used

Do we need to say more? Let me ask you few more questions. In Will you come to my home today : to my home is infinitive object But when Do we need to say more is changed into affirmative statement Do just disappears, We need to say more . What

I OBJECT TO PLAYING. I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU. SHE IS USED TO WORKING AT NIGHT. THEY ARE ACUSTOMMED TO HELPING. SHE WANTS TO GO THERE. In the first four of these phrases, the "to" functions as a preposition, because its

Due to is a preposition, so the first clause should be a prepositional phrase (remember that you can't use modals in prepositional phrases, so you will have to change cannot  to not be able to .  The verb in the clause needs to be in gerund