Jaleel.nt, in the first instance, we deal with a phenomenon that is conventionally known as a passive gerund ; the whole clause with being... can be substituted with a noun phrase, eg, ...this award . Therefore, we refer to being... as a nominal

'This is I', though it remains grammatically correct, is seldom said or used. The American Heritage Dictionary says: Personal pronouns after forms of be: 'That must be him on the phone.' 'No, it must be he.' Traditional grammar requires the

I think the point is that an 'absolute' construction modifies the whole sentence, whereas a participle construction modifies the subject. Thus: Dinner being ready, we all went downstairs - Absolute construction (we didn't necessarily

Do you often hear people talking like this? I don't. Once in a great while maybe. But I do see it fairly often in literature -- Dickens, Hardy, or Melville, perhaps. Sometimes they even leave out the participle! The dinner ready, everyone sat

either "learners of the English language," or "English language learners." Why is article the essential here? There is only one English language. e.g. I'm learning Chinese language these days. Is there any need to specify

How would you classify this sentence then? Goodman, your sentences are active voice. Their construction is: subject + linking verb (to be), + a noun phrase (predicate nominative) . The passive voice, on the other hand, is formed thus: subject +

Grammatical rule, convention or politeness, it makes little difference to me. It has been my understanding for more than 60 years in the U.S. that if other people are involved, we place I after the others in the nominative and me after the others

But "Than" is not. I wasn't using the " after-preposition rule " to support this construction. Use here is open to opinion. " She is taller than I " is presciptivist, whereas " she is taller than me " is

What might the implied verb be? Avangi, I don't want to get into that with this sentence. For the reason why, read my point to Raen below. " Like " is a preposition so follows that rule. But to give you an idea what I mean about

You make errors even as you discuss errors! 1. You link singular "someone" with plural "they"; 2. Childrens' is wrong; 3. "than me" should be "than I"! Scary. George Argumentum ad hominem! Go and read