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. Hello, VC and welcome to English Forums. Yes, years are nouns: 1985 was a very good year (Subject) I was born in 1918 (Object of preposition) I didn't like 2005 at all . (Object of verb)

Hi, When I am asking the "current date in Indonesia", but without using the preposition "in", so there will be just noun and adjective. So which one is the right one ? #1 Are there any differences in meaning ? No. But this is an odd way to ask the question. Current Indonesia...

When I am asking the "current date in Indonesia", but without using the preposition "in", so there will be just noun and adjective. So which one is the right one ? Are there any differences in meaning ? Current Indonesia date Indonesia current date Thanks.

The only thing that can come after a preposition to form a prepositional phrase is a noun phrase, usually a noun accompanied by its preceding determiner and perhaps an adjective. A relative clause may be added. The noun itself may be a gerund. If the element after the candidate for a...

Hi, Can you tell me why in one instance an adjective can be accommodated and in the other instance (or instances) it can't be? Case1: considered as good -- 'good' (adjective) used correctly, I think. considered as a good person -- 'good person' as a phrasal noun used correctly, I...

There is also an excellent discussion on the usage of Who and Whom provided by American Heritage Dictionary: Usage Note: The traditional rules that determine the use of who and whom are relatively simple: who is used for a grammatical subject, where a nominative pronoun such as I or he...

i spose i could give it a go... Malaysia is one of the South-East ( South-East is the part of a country to the south-east; south-east is the point of the horizon somewhere in between south and east) . and here's the final compilation: Malaysian Food Malaysia is one of...

Good day, all! Read through....the question is at the end. English cases, though no longer taught as such, are still somewhat present and remnants of the cases in Old English. During the time between say, 1300 and the present, we lost most of the inflections that were present before...

CalifJim wrote: My thoughts. I don't think it matters whether the combination of verb and particle has a literal meaning or an idiomatic meaning. If it operates as a unit, and the particle is not used as a preposition, then it's a phrasal verb. I know that some definitions insist that some...