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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...

Hello, this is my first post here, I like to know these words kilometer centimeter Are those words noun if they are standing alone ? if it's, what kind of noun it's, proper noun or abstract noun or etc ? After that, I want to indentify the part of speech of the following sentence by using the...

Hello, this is my first post here, I like to know these words kilometer centimeter Are those words noun if they are standing alone ? if it's, what kind of noun it's, proper noun or abstract noun or etc ? After that, I want to indentify the part of speech of the following setence by using the...

Hello chaps, My head is spinning on this one. Gerunds should of course be easy but I think I'm having a spazzy block on this one. Please check out the following examples: 1) Leaving taps on and using too much water is very bad for the environment. (Easy, 2 gerunds right?) 2) Everyone should be...

Tobias wrote: I have a problem with the sentence Disappointed past participle (adjective describing their state) , they turned back, leaving present participle (accompanying action) a number of oxygen bottles behind. The form of 'leave' here is 'leaving.' I can see this in other sentences...

I have a problem with the sentence Disappointed, they turned back, leaving a number of oxygen bottles behind. The form of 'leave' here is 'leaving.' I can see this in other sentences like: She hurried out the door, taking her coat with her. They left early, bringing all the equipment they were...

Swagatalakshmi wrote: OK - consulted couple of grammar books. "Participles" (verb+-ing or verb in past participle form) ALWAYS modify nouns. If you see a verb +-ing used as a stand-alone phrase (noun) which is not modifying anything, it must be a gerund. There is nothing called "adverbial...

Owing to the fact that there are so few inflections in English, the few inflected forms that there are are used in a number of ways. An ing- form, for example, can be 1. a present participle: a walking man 2. a noun: the beginning as easy 3. an adjective: I was willing to learn it 4. a...

CalifJim wrote: If a student points to some construction and asks me if it's the subjunctive or not, I can't reply, 'No, it's a monkey!' Now there you are wrong! You are the teacher and can say any dang thing you want! In fact a smart retort like that might go a long way toward making your...

Jack112 wrote: Sorry for my lack of understanding. Could you give me a few more examples as to how to distinguish between them? 1. I have never had more girlfriends than I have now. (Correct) 2. I have never had more girlfriends than I do now. (Is this one correct as well? How...