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Here are some examples The main point is to explain the correct answer The sentences are little-bit childisch ;they are some modified sentences. I am afraid that my explanations seems to be a little childisch, too. So please help me how to turn it into the right explanation. Mary was real...

Hi N2G I'll butt in if I may. 1. He'd only left her a note on the bedside table of which she had not understood the content . There is a noun in the relative clause and that explains of in this case. I would reword the sentence: He'd only left her a note the content of which she...

would you say "John calling" is a noun phrase almost identical to "his calling" where "calling" is a genitive functioning as a noun? No. There is nothing genitive going on here. It's (among other things) a Whiz-Deletion. That will be John who is calling. So calling is part of the verb...

Hi, CalifJim. Thank you. As to your sentence, "That will be John calling upon hearing the phone ring," would you say "John calling" is a noun phrase almost identical to "his calling" where "calling" is a genitive functioning as a noun? And in the phrase "hearing the phone ring," would you say...

Hi SOP SeekerOfPeace wrote: Would I be correct to say that relative clauses: ü modify a noun or a pronoun Correct, but they can also modify a clause: He didn't say anything, which was a surprise. ü Are either defining or non-defining Correct. In the...

Hi Kilimanjaro Two things are common to your sentences: both contain a restrictive relative clause and an of-genitive. As a door normally has only one handle and a house has only one roof, the relative pronouns can't refer to handle and roof . For that to be possible, the sentences should read:...

Yulysess wrote: Hi creolejazz, The rule you search lies, I think, in the grammatical unit called "Nominal Clauses/ Nominal-ing clauses, that is, participle clauses", or as pieanne illustrated above, gerunds. The commomest type of participle clause is that which has no subject. When a is...

I agree with you, MrP. Example #3 (Besides being a role model for each person in the family, he also....) is right Here is my thought on this thread. 1. As to why either a genitive or an objective is possible as a sense subject of a gerund: Schematically speaking, a usual sentence...

Hi creolejazz, The rule you search lies, I think, in the grammatical unit called "Nominal Clauses/ Nominal-ing clauses, that is, participle clauses", or as pieanne illustrated above, gerunds. The commomest type of participle clause is that which has no subject. When a is subject...

What are the rules for using "what" in the way I did in this thread title? I first heard it in the TV cartoon series "The Tick", which has a bad guy called "The Midnight Bomber What Bombs At Midnight". I've been told that the standard pronouns are who, whom, which and that: "Who" is used...