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Hi,Please look at this and tell me if the indefinite article 'a' goes with the third and fourth underlined parts. Is there possible confusion? If yes, how would you resolve it in term of grammar and the sentence structure? Would you say ther article 'a' does not go with any other...

Hello, I tried to see your diagrams and ı couldn't find anything wrong with the second one. As for the first one, it is really difficult to read the elements but I will do it like this: butter and cheese: double noun phrases with butter and cheese: prepositional phrase ...

Thanks CJ"Serious grammatical error" is my paraphrase. But when and if ESL students start to expressly state "this IS an exceptional usage", I suppose that means "these is a set rule on this and no one can break that in any shape or form"."the simplification of...

Actually, infinitives are used in AmE as subjects. The location geographically or historically has nothing to do with it. But infinitives (and their complement(s), if any), taken together, can make noun phrases.To be absolutely precise, it is a noun phrase (NP) that must be the subject of a...

Very generally it seems that it is a sentence + conjunction + sentence structure. Nora went mad (first sentence) + becasue (conjunction) + France lost... (second sentence) As for the analysis, (I haven't dome sentence analysis for months so I may have forgetten somethings. last...

1. I go to the same church as he does. -- good, it seems. OK2. I go to the same church as him -- could it be correct if we treat 'as' as a preposition? OK. Yes.3. I go to the same church as he goes to -- long, but good, it seems. OK.Would you say no.1 is good since in a sentence...

Hi,Can you help me to use the word 'as' correctly? The word 'so' is a preposition or a conjunction?1, I go to the same church as he does. -- good, it seems.2. I go to the same church as him -- could it be correct if we treat 'as' as a preposition?3. I go to the same church...

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Hi Goodman If you had followed the thread closely, you would have noticed the following. In other words a guru has replied to the question. I agree with Barbara because she has a good command of English, and I've read about this usage before. Creativeguru asked:Only 5% of our students are...

Hi Liat,I think what you said is contradicting. You are saying both of my exmaples are grammatically acceptable only with the right perception. A group of students was found lost in the forest. (If the students are perceived as a group, is should be used.) If the rule sticks as you described...