Dear friend, Certain electronic devices is /are permitted. - only 'are' is possible (the verb agrees with the head of the subject noun phrase - 'devices', which is plural) ; You said you wanted/want me to do the dishes. -

Hi, Thank You, but can be "40-hour peer week" ? Y ou mean 'per', not 'peer'. You can say either of these. He works a 40-hour week. '40-hour' is an adjective. The object of the verb 'works' is the

Hi. What is the difference? Your sentence: #1 After having read the recipe, she baked a cake. And this: #2 Having read the recipe, she baked a cake In sentence #1, having read the recipe is a gerund phrase (grammatically a

I think it's just the "passive infinitive" of the verb "to be." The infinitive phrase acts as a noun phrase complement to "is." So the verb "to be" is used twice in each sentence - once as the main verb

<< the end of the virtuous life of Abigail will be grave. >> Please educate me about noun phrases. I'm still trying, but I'm slow to catch on. I never heard of them until I joined EF. Any group of words beginning with a noun is

'It's definitly adverbial, answering the question how' Would you say that the italicised words are a gerund phrase? And is therefore an appositive for the word, adverbial? I'd rather stick needles in my eyes. It makes me ill to say

O.k. thanks! I'm always identifying parts of a sentence as I am curous to know what parts they are. For instance, this is what you said: 'It's definitly adverbial, answering the question 'how?' Would you say that the italicised

You and Mister Micawber seem to have different opinions on the reduced relative clause. Can you make a further comment? It's impossible to deal with every aspect of the subject of reduced relative clauses within a forum post. Whole chapters of

Hello, Eddie. Question 1 : The D.O. will usually be a noun phrase, although other categories can fulfill the same function (gerunds, noun clauses, pronouns). The I.O. can go before or after the D.O. If it if before the D.O. it will be a noun

Also, could you have a look at these, please: I don't know where I am going today. I don't know=independent clause I=subject do=verb not=negation know=verb where I am going today=noun clause where=complementizer I=subject am=auxillary verb