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I wish to present a different way of looking at the sentences. One way of lowering fuel consumption is using public transport. (You can rewrite as: Using public transport is one way of lowering fuel consumption.) ' Using public transport' is a noun phrase having a dual-function role...

Hello Anonymous, In your sentences there is no adjective phrases.A phrase is a name used in the english grammar to label a group of words which acts as a single unit in the syntax of a sentence,which means that you need at least two words to label some part of the sentence a phrase. Words,phrases...

Velimir wrote: Hello everybody, I have two questions about the word "where" . 1.I've been told that "where" in the following sentence is a pronoun by its form : Where did you get to? And the explanation is that in possible answer like: I got to page 4. it stands for the noun phrase "page...

It -- S will make -- V them -- DO wise -- Object Complement The topic of complements is a broad and complex one, but here is a good basic introduction from an on-line source : Complement A complement is used with verbs like be, seem, look etc. Complements give more information about the...

"33.6 Though the relative and interrogative pronouns and adverbs beginning with wh are identical in form, it is possible in most cases to tell whether a clause is relative or interrogative. What is relative in 'I insist on paying what it has cost,' but interrogative in 'I insist on knowing...

OED definition of "all": • predeterminer & determiner 1 the whole quantity or extent of: all her money. 2 any whatever: he denied all knowledge. 3 the greatest possible: with all speed. • pronoun everything or everyone. • adverb 1 completely. 2 indicating an equal score: one-all. ...

Isn't "to have met you" a noun phrase (an infinitive phrase)? A clause requires a finite verb, and an infinitive ("to have") is a nonfinite verb. Anyway, "to have met you" modifies the adjective "glad", so I guess it could be seen as a kind of adverb. Unfortunately, these grammatical terms...

In transformational grammar, there are noun phrases (NPs), adjective phrases (APs), verb phrases (VPs), adverb phrases (ADVPs), and prepositional phrases (PPs). In each, the main noun, adjective, verb, adverb, or preposition is called the head. The main noun of an NP is the head of the NP,...

Hello Please look at the three sentences below, which I picked up online. 1. She spent the time in working at home 2. She spent the time working at home. 3. The time working at home is gradually increasing. Sentence #1 was traditionally deemed as a grammatical form, but people nowadays prefer...

Diamondrg wrote: Can someone explain why "having viewed" is wrong and whether "viewing" and "to have viewed" are correct? The question you are raising may relate to the problem to what extent we can use nonfinite clauses as a post modifier for nouns. This problem is, however, one of the...