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The doctors and nurses care for you. They take care of you. For example, they take your temperature, give you extra pillows, prescribe medications, and so on. Your friends, hearing that you are ill, express their concern because they care about you. They worry about you. They don't want any...

Ross' musical talents are not as amazing as he and Sam think. Correct. Some would prefer Ross's musical talents . As a rule, use he if there is a finite verb after the pronoun and the pronoun is the subject of the clause. I don't see any difference between main clauses and...

first to receive is the most usual phrasing. first receiving is the same in meaning as first to receive, but it's hardly ever used as far as I know. to receive is an infinitive. receiving (in these sentences) is a participle. _________ A gerund is an -ing form of a verb used as a noun. ...

I'm sorry I mistook. "Receiving" is the present participle and "to receive" is the infinitive. The gerund is a present participle which is used as a noun in a sentence. So let's examine your sentence #1. Mrs Smith was the first (person) to receive the prize. ...

I agree with you to a certain extent. I'm sure there must be an ESL term for an adjective used as a noun in this way. I know that if you look up "wealthy" in the dictionary you'll find it listed only as an adjective, and not as a noun. But it can clearly be used as the subject...

. (1) Did the roamer explain your queries?-- Do with verbs other than be and the linking verbs Was the roamer able to explain your queries?-- Be with adjectives, nouns, progressive aspect (2) Any difference between sentences?-- No: they are both wrong. Use this: 'Was the information...

Hi Everbody: I'll leave this discussion in your capable hands and offer you all some further reading and viewing for your pleasure Here are some links on participial phrases : www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNzKX-my5C0 (video) www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OMHyyD6TsY&feature=related (video) ...

I have taught English as a Second language to new learners. The question/answer pair "What is this?" / "This is a ..."  is lesson 2 (after introductions "Hello, my name is...", "What's your name?") t teaches students how to ask for vocabulary words. ...

Hi chantelzn, welcome to English Forums! I thought I had a good answer, but realized I was wrong. The questions in group A all begin with one of the famous interrogatives, who, where, what, when, how, and why . (b)'s an interrogative pronoun, the others are adverbs. Hopefully, someone will...

In British english "Advice" is the noun and "Advise" is the verb. eg. Advice >I don't need any advice from you, Naresh. >The advice that Shyam gave Vidya was useless. eg. Advise > The teacher advised the students to take the day off. >Kannan advised me to go...