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Hello dear friends, Please assist me... This question is about the sequence of pronouns, we say: 2nd person, 3rd person, 1st person pronouns You, he and I are good friends. (In case of if there is something unethical/negative to say...) 1st person & 3rd person pronouns I and he called his...

Hi, I was trying to get more information of gerund and came upon this online On the top, it (the text) had the following wording: H.W. Fowler (1858-1933). The King' s English, 2nd ed. 1908 Chapter II . Syntax THE GERUND What followd next was not eary to follow but from what I can...

Hi guys, 'I and Jack made a huge mistake.' I rather agree with the above idea as expressed here, although I hadn't really thought about it. In practice, anyway, I think we often tend to say such negative things in other ways, and often in a less direct way, where the...

Both the first and third examples work. The first is the gerund construction, the third is the subjunctive construction. The second is incorrect. However, despite being technically correct, both the first and third examples still sound awkward. Ultimately, I think this is because it sounds...

<<>>Can I switch the pronoun like this, from I to you and back to I? Perosnally,no, not if I cna avoid it. I strongly believe context is everything. If the context is unclear or incorrectly constructed, all bets are off. I would say it like this: I had so much anger and hatred...

Hi CB, I wouldn't know where to start! English grammar is pretty different from Italian grammar. However, there are a lot of similar words (one example: government - governo), and several similar structures and idioms. The problem is that there are also several false friends, and lots of...

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"The Change of the Characteristics in the passage from The Hours " The passage from the novel The Hours by Michael Cunningham is intriguing. The passage illustrates the difference between the character's characteristics in different time settings: past and present. This difference is...

"Do" is the finite verb when negative occurs, which turns "want" into an auxiliary verb along with "sleep". "As you" is added to make things clearer. It depends on how the finite verb agrees with the pronoun: "We don't want to sleep in the same bed (as each other)" - both of us share the...

Solomon_13000 wrote: Are they correct? Pronoun All her clothes are neatly ironed. She did not iron her clothes today Her eating habits are not healthy These are all possessive adjectives . By definition, a pronoun must replace a noun, not modify it. Isn’t it exciting to go...