In Possessives^x, Adverbs^x, Constructions^x

The woman is a TV reporter who is standing in the hotel elevator There s nothing wrong with this sentence Detective I m looking for two suspects one is a man the other a woman Here are their photos Have you seen them Helpful Janitor Sure The man is an executive who is sitting in the lobby The...

Hello Casi Hats off to your analysis Very nice work indeed Your notion of topicalization the empty referent happily explains the pseudo dangly effect and also provides a rationale for Komountain s earlier suggestion avoid putting the by ing patterns at the beginning of sentences I agree that...

Hello MrP History of English Gerunds quoted from OED The most notable development of the verbal nouns in form of ing is its use as a gerund i e a substantive with certain verbal functions particularly those of being qualified by an adverb instead of an adjective and of governing an object like a...

Hi Maitha I often see native speakes of English in chatrooms or forums confusing those two words but they are very different Their is the possessive adjective that coresponds to the pronoun they The children left their books on the desk their books the books that belong to the children This are...