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Good answer, Teri! May I add a couple of things that you overlooked? First Paragraph, Sentence #1: This sentence needs the verb "is" -- "Do you feel that your life is boring?" In sentence #3, "everyday" is one word only when used as an adjective ("an everyday...

. Mostly: ▸ noun : a journey or passage ( "They are on the way" ) ▸ noun : a course of conduct ( "We went our separate ways" ) ▸ noun : any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another ( "He said he was looking for the...

The reverse order (without modifiers) may have been more common in the past. I'm thinking, for example, of the expression "cause certain," which is retained as a legal term. Today, if we say "a certain cause," we probably mean, "a particular cause," while "a...

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 ...

Hi! I've got some doubts in this poem I'm trying to analyze. The grey sea and the long black land; And the yellow half-moon large and low; And the startled little waves that leap In fiery ringlets from their sleep, As I gain the cove with pushing prow, And quench its speed i' the...

1) So the 1st option: "Basis on the above considerations, ..." is completely incorrect, right? Well, I would have to see the context, but the most frequent expression is "Based on ". (this is a past participle of the phrasal verb "base on": I based my decision on...

Let's take this one step at a time: We listen to Fagin. --> This is a complete sentence (main clause); "listen to" is the phrasal verb, and Fagin is the object. But could Fagin be doing? talking, screaming, yelling, running, and so on. For example: Fagin's loud talking...

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 ...

In a literal sense, I CAN NOT think of a case where "all" does NOT mean "everything". But grammatically, when the word "all" refers to countable nouns, it should be followed by a plural form of verb. Right? I am just puzzled by the choice of "all IS well"....

"Crawl space" is a fixed expression, referring to spaces underneath residences, and attic areas, and access areas in larger buildings, where the service personnel may not stand erect, but must crawl on hands and knees. In this case, "crawl" serves as an adjective rather than...