In Nouns^x, Adjuncts^x, Constructions^x

Recall that * means ungrammatical._____ one is always countable. *coarse sand and fine one; *white sugar and brown one; *fresh milk and spoiled one; *British English and American one; *good knowledge and bad one But (countable): a happy child and a sad one; happy children and sad...

Merriam-Webster's 10th edition defines "to" with the infinitive under "preposition" (sense 8). I'm having trouble understanding why that would be, especially since prepositions are supposed to take substantives as objects. However, as a Greek teacher, I understand the...

Merriam-Webster's 10th edition defines "to" with the infinitive under "preposition" (sense 8). I'm having trouble understanding why that would be, especially since prepositions are supposed to take substantives as objects. However, as a Greek teacher, I understand the...

Hi, Can someone please do these questions. Question 1. For each example below say wether the modifiers of the verb are complements or adjuncts. N B, Ignore the subject noun phrase In each example the 'verb' is in bold. 1) Mm Makutsi WIELDED her knife expertly. 2) Mma Ramotswe...

Hello Roro OED says about the etymology of "cost" as follows. a. OF. coster, couster (mod. coûter) = Pr. and Sp. costar, Pg. custar, It. costare:—L. constôre to stand together, stand firm, abide, be settled or fixed, stand at a price, cost, f. con- together + stôre to stand. The construction...

The concept of "embedded" clauses is sometimes hard to understand, and some pople confuse it with "subordinate" clauses. The difference is not always easy to see. The following will not be a "book" explanation, so hopefully it will be fairly easy to understand. Two types of dependent clauses...