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When looking up tricky constructions or words, one can often go to the dictionary to view its proper usage. For example, www.dictionary.com shows this definition and usage note for nor: 1. (used in negative phrases, esp. after neither, to introduce the second member in a series, or any subsequent...

Yes. I think I understand what you are getting at -- although for non-native speakers some of the guidelines may appear to be circular in nature. According to Palmer ( The English Verb ), besides the plain vanilla 'passive' with an agent introduced by by ( The man was killed by his...

"The Change of the Characteristics in the passage from The Hours " The passage from the novel The Hours by Michael Cunningham is intriguing. The passage illustrates the difference between the character's characteristics in different time settings: past and present. This difference is...

1. "women" - use plural to match "the elderly" & "are more LIKELY" 2. The goals of our program ARE - use plural verb with plural subject 3. MANY benefits - "Much" is for stuff; "many" is for things you can count. 4. there IS a lot of space (missing verb in clause) & IN...

Hi, In fact, if you look in a good dictionary you will see that the word but has six jobs to do: verb, noun, adverb, pronoun, preposition and conjuction! http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/parts-of-speech_3.htm I cannot find any examples of but used as a verb or a pronoun in the...

far - adverb across - preposition the - article distance - noun It is not often you find an adverb modifying a prepositional phrase, but it can happen. The most usual adverb in this position is right . right in the center right across the fence right through the heart far...

Argh! The adverb question again! Have you gone through this one yet? Post:258302 Here's a new take on the subject. If it doesn't appeal to you, toss it in the trash! Safe and typical practice: Use contracted forms wherever possible. Then place the adverb of frequency after the...

Hi! I'd like to ask anybody. How can I easely learn prefixes an suffixes. Is there a dictionary what can easely help me? For instance, I can have the verb perform. Noun is performance, person is performer, adjective is performaly, and negative adjective, adverb and negative adverb. My dream...

Hi, Please check if my reasoning is correct. a little and little are ususally used in front of uncountable nouns to signal the amount in possession and they respectively are coming from the positive polarity and negative polarity view points. I have a little or little money -- Here, it...

Hello, Janissary, 1. If a clause begins with a negative adverb, inverted word order must usually be used, with the subject following the Simple Present or Simple Past of the verb to be , or the first auxiliary. In the case of the Simple Present or Simple Past of any verb other than the...