http://www.englishforums.com/search/pro.htm?q=tag%3aNominative+tag%3aAbstract+nounsSearch results for 'tag:Nominative tag:Abstract nouns' matching tags 'Nominative' and 'Abstract nouns'en-USCSMOD (Build: 3256.36449)http://www.englishforums.com/English/CorrectTheSentences/jkwn/post.htm#47256Sat, 25 Sep 2004 06:55:05 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:47256CalifJim"I like to read adventure stories" is the correct choice. <br />"adventurous" applies to people, not to abstract nouns like "story". <br />My brother is very adventurous. OK <br />This novel is very adventurous. Not OK. <br /> <br />___________________ <br /> <br />"Have you found out where you were born?" is correct. <br />The question asks if knowledge about a certain place has been discovered. The place asked about is 'where you were born'. The past tense is correct. We do not want to ask about 'where you will be born', for example. That would not make sense. <br /> <br />The mix of tenses is not different from what is seen in sentences such as: <br /> <br />I know where I was born. <br />One day I will find out where you hid the money. <br />I believe that Susan was rude to John yesterday. <br />Tomorrow we will know who won the election. <br /> <br />__________________ <br /> <br />"You can find him either at or outside the station" is correct. <br />"You can find him either at the station or outside the station" is also correct but is much longer than necessary. <br /> <br />("hims" is not a word.) <br /> <br />__________________ <br /> <br />In "What is your name?" "what" is the subject. (There is no object in this sentence. "your name" is a predicate nominative, not an object.) <br />