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I have always heard in conversation - that must be him / her on the phone. Of course we say:He is on the phone now. Grammatically, "that must be him" it is not strictly correct, since the case of a pronoun after "be" is nominative. However, in this case (must be ***), we...

Ellisa: This is a very long passage, and your other post seems to be even longer. The editor at this web site makes it difficult to make corrections to long passages. Also, many teachers do not want to devote a long time working on a single post. If you post only one paragraph at a time, then...

Hi, I get more money than I give to, or from him. instead of: Say it this way. I get more money from him than I give him to to him . You need to say 'to him' for the same reason that you say 'from him', ie the preposition comes before the pronoun. You can also omit the...

CJ: In the "classical" grammar I learned soon after the emergence of modern English , "making workers feel undervalued" would be analyzed as a participial phrase. Most of the English grammar reference web sites I have used still keep to the "classical" grammar...

Here is a practice: Q: A minute passed in complete silence. Terri announced her wedding plans then. I wrote: A minute passed in complete silence when Terri announced her wedding plans. A: A minute when Terri announced her wedding plans passed in complete silence. Grammar...

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."...

Thanks Huevos for you enlightment. But could we, just for the sake of arguement, allow me to examine the merit of this grammar point: It says: There are 7 words that are "always" adjectives: articles "a", "an" and "the" and possessive pronouns...

Hi, Sentence: You never know what is going to happen to you, do you? Begin the sentence with: "One" One never knows what is going to happen to him/her , does one? No. A gerund is like a noun, eg Swimming is fun. eg Completing the assignment was difficult. Best wishes, Clive

Thanks for such a succinct explanation, GG. You always put everything very clearly and nicely, and so does Clive.

For example, although it is true to say that the noun group is the structure we choose for the things we want to talk about , it is not the only one. Sometimes we want to talk about an event or an idea that is not easy to express in a noun group. Instead we can use a clause as the...