In Nouns^x, Dialects^x, Adverbs^x

I obviously agree with Forbes: it depends on your first language. I have never had any problems with passive sentences, subjects and objects, the difference between countable and uncountable, etc. because those are all features I have in Italian too. It is not difficult at all for me to use...

Hello Abbie I got the info in OED Gerund -ing The original function of the suffix was to form nouns of action; as ácsung (asking), from ácsian to ask;céapung, -ing (cheaping),;créopung (creeping); gaderung (gathering). These substantives were originally abstract; but even in OE. they...

My understanding is that 'due to' in these examples is 'correct': 1. 'Cancellations due to the lack of a driver are all too common these days.' 2. 'The cancellation was due to the lack of a driver.' But 'incorrect' in these: 3. 'Due to the lack of a driver, the 1105 to Waterloo has been...

Hello MrP History of English Gerunds (quoted from OED) The most notable development of the verbal nouns in form of -ing is its use as a gerund, i.e. a substantive with certain verbal functions, particularly those of being qualified by an adverb instead of an adjective, and of governing an...