Sometimes it helps to convert a question to a declarative sentence, as you try to figure out the tense of the verb. Ask yourself what the subject of the clause is. Are there more than one? Is the subject singular or plural? The tree is what

This sentence reminded me of an interesting discussion I had on relative clauses with quantifiers versus absolute phrases. With this in mind, which do you prefer? As you will know, semicolons are used in two instances, one of which is

Does this rule always work? I'd be very hesitant to say that any rule about prepositions always works. There are far too many idiomatic, non-rule-based issues involved. (1) Please wait for me at/in the shopping centre.

so in sentence #5 the iO is "him" and the dO is "money" Yes. "documents" is the object complement? I would call it the object (or complement) of the preposition "for". is that why the structure is layed

But your examples are all about the idiom "to lie down." Your original post in the thread, in which you recommended changing "They are lying in the grass looking at the stars," to " - - - lying down in the grass - - -

Hello, Please look at this sentence: It's very thoughtful of you to bring flowers . I'm wondering why the preposition 'OF' was used, not 'FOR'. I would very much appreciate any explanation. Thanks.

Hi. These are definitional entries (for both questions 1 and 2) for the words "tap", "remuneration" and "host" in bold letters in the Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. For those, there are

Too many questions in one post!! 1. "If you add to a thread that already has 18 pages of discussion, it probably won't get much attention. If you have a new question, make a new posting." > Why is "posting" instead of

Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it. 1. The trains couldn’t run because of the snow. The snow ..prevented the train from running.. 2. I didn’t arrive in time to see

"I bought her flowers for her birthday" However, in this sentences, the phrase sounds like an adjective as well. Indeed, you are right about the adjectival phrase. But "for" is a preposition, not an adverb. Suppose we change