In Noun phrases^x, Whom^x

Hi,1. Is the underlined part a noun? It's a noun phrase, ie a phrase that gives more information about the noun 'people'.Is there possibly an ellipted 'to' at work? Yes, you could say 'to make people proud . . . 'What she has done is make people proud of who (whom??)...

OK. I think I understand. criticize NP for NP is the pattern. (NP = noun phrase) The example you asked about at the beginning of this thread is correct. Mr. Obama criticized Clinton* frequently during the debate for what he said were distortions of his views and record by the former...

Inchoateknowledge wrote:Appositions identify or explain the noun phrase, pronoun, they are in apposition to, and modify. REstrictive app is needed to make the sentence meaningful: The British Linford Christie won the 100 m race. LC is needed, otherwise you do not know who won. Comma is not...

1. Neither of my friends are rich.2. Neither of my friends is rich. My inclination would be to use #1; though #2 is fine. The OED seems happy with "neither of" + noun phrase + plural verb, and gives an example: 3. Neither of us are the proper judges. It also seems to be acceptable in literary...

I think you need to replace "it" with the specific antecedent - presumably his victory? or perhaps just his strong finish? As it reads now, the reader is mostly likely going to try to attach "it" to the most recent noun phrase - in this case, the congratulations. And once the reader realizes that...

Hello, Komountain. You have just posted an example yourself! "And I would be glad to see some example sentences (in which clauses introduced by prepositions are not noun clauses)." The subordinate clause in your sentence is a relative clause whose antecedent is the noun phrase "example...

Petra Hendriks Coordination A coordination joins two sentence elements, called conjuncts. In a coordinate structure like "cats and dogs" the conjunction coordinates the conjunct "cats" with the conjunct "dogs". In many languages, conjunctions like "and" or "or" can conjoin words or phrases of...

I know this is a long post, but I have a final exam about this on Tuesday and I need answers. Any help will be very appreciated, if you don't have time to answer all and just have time to answer one question it will be equally appreciated! Thanks in Advance. 1. What are the 5 noun phrases in the...

Do you feel descriptions are right? I agree with all of the statements. IO incorporation is the reason "I gave my son it" is acceptable but rare, and the reason "Who(m) did you give the book?" is deemed ungrammatical in the following context: Statement: I gave my son the book. ("my son the...

Hello guys I'm still stuck in the mud of this problem. Please help me to get me out from the tangle. Let me write what my E-J dictionary says about the usage of the ditransitive 'give'. Taishukan's "Genius E-J Dictionary" pp 788. Give IO DO versus Give DO to IO (1) "I gave John the book" and...