In Nouns^x, Articles^x, Commas^x

I have always heard in conversation - that must be him / her on the phone. Of course we say:He is on the phone now. Grammatically, "that must be him" it is not strictly correct, since the case of a pronoun after "be" is nominative. However, in this case (must be ***), we...

I think your paragraph is pretty good. There are a few touches that could improve it, though. In the first sentence, I would suggest a dash instead of a comma--suggesting an added on thought to reinforce the first one. Also in that sentence "they are" should be "he or she...

Hello, this is my first post here, I like to know these words kilometer centimeter Are those words noun if they are standing alone ? if it's, what kind of noun it's, proper noun or abstract noun or etc ? After that, I want to indentify the part of speech of the following sentence by using the...

Hello, this is my first post here, I like to know these words kilometer centimeter Are those words noun if they are standing alone ? if it's, what kind of noun it's, proper noun or abstract noun or etc ? After that, I want to indentify the part of speech of the following setence by using the...

Hi Max, Welcome to the Forum. Here are a couple of comments. What are the general rules applied to the phrases like this: He worked for telecommunication company Brittish Telecome. Nordic operator Telenor announced the acquisition of .. . What article is to be used before...

Believer wrote: I have a sentence that seems to be followed with a restrictive clause, would you say there is no need for an article because the underlined part is in effect defining the noun 'apples'. Defining so no need to make it definite? I have apples that have not been sprayed with...

Grammar Ninja is an educational game where the player identifies parts of speech in rapid succession. Correct answers help you advance; wrong ones blow up in your face. The game is modeled after Brain Age's CalculationsX20 exercise. Grammar Ninja is my final project for my Independent Study in...

(correct me if possible, I'm learning English at the moment , esp marked with *) ex: There is a labyrinth in my figure. May I call a line, showing a path, in the labyrinth 'road'? (Check the commas, please. Is something necessary before 'road'?) (is it possible to say 'What if ...'?) What...

I'd forgotten about the commas. I'd agree with you if we change "incorrect" and "wrong" to "nonstandard". Here's an interesting article on the use of commas with "that", which I've also posted in the restrictive and nonrestrictive clauses thread: ...

Edited later: CJ has given you a better reply while I was typing mine. But anyway, this is my take on it. First question, my attempt: "maximum/minimum" are adjectives, it is the noun that needs an article. You have to limit the number of "numbers/scores, ...", right? Regarding your second...