By Noun phrases, Dates

The only thing that can come after a preposition to form a prepositional phrase is a noun phrase, usually a noun accompanied by its preceding determiner and perhaps an adjective. A relative clause may be added. The noun itself may be a gerund. If the element after the candidate for a...

Bob is one of those people who LIKE to watch football.Marxism is one of those theories that ARE seen as left-wing. Nora is one of the candidates who ARE worthy of my vote' These are all the same pattern. The blue is the main subject/main verb. The purple is just a portion of the noun phrase...

Nora IS - this is the main subject and verb of the sentence. "the candidates who are worthy of my vote" - this noun phrase all works together, but the individual nouns and verbs within this phrase must agree with each other, not with the main subject of the sentence.

It might be instructive for you to try this on your own before checking what others have already done, but be aware that you are repeating work that began quite a long time ago. One of the first attempts that I'm aware of was Terry Winograd's Language as a Cognitive Process, Volume 1, Syntax...

Well, Fowler is a little out of date now, and I imagine that many of his suggested inversions would be considered overprecious, but:1-- B is not a correct correction of A. Fowler is saying that A should read 'To these causes may be attributed our disasters'-- thus placing the subject, disasters,...

I find expected and anticipated more closely linked. According to www.m-w.com: EXPECT implies a high degree of certainty and usually involves the idea of preparing or envisioning The site lists expected as a synonym for prospective, but prospective is far less certain than expected. Also, you...

Interesting question. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition (referenced at dictionary.com) has this to say : Some speakers of vernacular English varieties, particularly in isolated or mountainous regions of the southern United States, use phrases such as of a...

Hi, this is my first post to the group. I’ve just pasted information from Pocket Fowler's Modern English Usage. To be quite frank, I don’t really understand these definitions fully but I hope the information is useful to you. So, regarding the words 1 Than 2 that 1 Than is normally used to...