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I obviously agree with Forbes: it depends on your first language. I have never had any problems with passive sentences, subjects and objects, the difference between countable and uncountable, etc. because those are all features I have in Italian too. It is not difficult at all for me to use...

Actually, I do classify some infinitive phrases that follow the verbs "seem" and "appear" as subject complements. I'm not totally comfortable with that view, so I like to consider other options. Also, I'm not fluent in Chinese, but I think that there is an important...

There are six patterns involving a predicate complement of the object. The complement can be a noun phrase (NP) or an adjective phrase (AP). NP V NP NP | NP V NP AP NP V NP to be NP | NP V NP to be AP NP V NP as NP | NP V NP as AP The same verb can often take more than one of...

Osee wrote: Hi there, Questions post near the red parts below. Thanks a lot. Osee __ The idea seems reasonable. Recognize better workers with extra pay. But it's not that simple. Performance may be easy to measure in some workplaces. But teachers say a classroom is not one of them. Last...

Hi Doll, Calm down Jackson. You will find the answer you want in the end. If you don't want any other person to answer your posts, please add " teachers reply only" .And what is wrong with learning other sides of point? I think it is a chance for you to learn compound nominal predicate ....

Anonymous wrote: Could someone break this down grammatically for me? One thing that I'd really miss is my mom's cooking. Subject: One thing verb: miss noun: mom's cooking Is that right? oNe more thing...what's the difference between a noun and a subject? Isn't a subject a noun?

Definition of preposition in Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary: a function word that typically combines with a noun phrase to form a phrase which usu. expresses a modification or predication. Please explain me above definition with the help of an example. Is preposition always...

Could someone break this down grammatically for me? One thing that I'd really miss is my mom's cooking. Subject: One thing verb: miss noun: mom's cooking Is that right? oNe more thing...what's the difference between a noun and a subject? Isn't a subject a noun?

A prepositional phrase is a phrase that begins with a preposition and continues with a noun phrase which is called the object of the preposition. Anything adverbial means acting like an adverb. There is nothing contradictory about these ideas. A prepositional phrase can act like an...

Miriam wrote: 1. "Mary made Tom a hero." 2. "Mary made Tom a cake." Both sentences are, structurally, exactly alike. In both we have a verb that can take an object complement, and in both the direct object (Tom) is followed by a noun phrase. The only difference between both, again from...