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"With the best of them" is a fixed expression. "I can drink hard liquor with the best of them" "I can shoot hoops with the best of them." - with the best there are of all those who do what we're talking about.

That's generally the way it works. If the adjective (or participle) has a complement, you have to place the group after the noun. You can't place the whole group before the noun. The simple adjective goes to the left of the noun. people crazy about cars Not: crazy about cars people ...

I have a feeling you and I are going to flunk AP English. I think A. Stars had good answers for the two previous questions - the phrasal verb explanation: "for" is no longer analyzed as a preposition, but as part of a phrasal verb, which is transitive. ("What kind of a verb is ...

This link has a really good description of all the uses and forms of the word "one" http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/GRAMMAR/one.htm Excerpt (applicable in this case) Sometimes the pronoun one functions as a numerical expression: Those are lovely scarves. I think I'll buy one....

" Between " is a preposition . Pronouns that follow prepositions are always in the accusative case, not nominative. It's a rule, not a matter of opinion. Here are some examples that wrongly use the nominative. He wrote a book about she. The girl passed between he and I. The...

So it's always "between you and me" no matter where this expression sits in a sentence? Wow, this is a new revelation. I have heard "between you and I" so often. Thanks Avangi. Would someone comfirm this? Avangi, I hope you don't take this question as being...

Language is constantly changing - especially English. Grammarians disagree constantly, as Huevos has said. Consider the expression, "Between you and me. . . . " Both pronouns function as object of the preposition. Little kids sometimes say, "Me and him went to the movies."...

Hmm... this seems to be another case of varying terminology. I have no objection to calling a participle an adjective, I'm just not used to that. Nor am I used to many other grammatical terms used here, like "a noun phrase". Don't get me wrong! I certainly don't mean...

Hello Hela, yes, it's nice to see you too! I'm not posting here much at the moment, because my pc is defective; but I hope to be re-kitted-out shortly... If I say that you're harping on about X, I mean that you are obsessively talking about X, in an irritating and excessive...

Hi, I'm really enjoying this. You're making me think. I'm going to take your points out of sequence. I think I'm still replying to your post; if I misrepresent what you're saying, please correct me. First, the summary of what I'm going to say: A lot depends on theory,...