THERE: — adv. 1. in or at that place (opposed to here ): She is there now. 2. at that point in an action, speech, etc.: He stopped there for applause. 3. in that matter, particular, or respect: His anger was justified there. 4. into

And what do you think about: “He is going to satisfy any caprice of hers”. Does this sentence sound OK? Not really. any is tricky. (I don't have to tell you that. ) If any occurs after the verb, one of these things is often also present:

Alex: Here's a bit more explaination on Mr. M's valour Your speaking German is cute. Speaking is a gerund, and the subject (singular) in the sentence. Your can be interpreted as either the subject of the gerund, or the possessive

If teacher takes care nasty students he's got lot's of problems. "take care of" is a phrasal verb. It is used for babies, dogs (pets), and people who cannot take care of themselves. For example: I have taken care of my mother

"I have a fear of his getting angry." This is what I was suggesting: I asked why him (a pronoun) couldn't be the object of the preposition (not clause), and that 'getting angry' was a participle phrase modifying him, rather

<< What's stopping the pronoun being the object of the clause. >> I think this would only work as an appositive, but it would need a comma, and would make no sense contextually. What's stopping the truck, being more than

Yes, I would agree with the use of myself. "What's stopping the pronoun's being the object of the clause?", OR "What's stopping the pronoun from being the object of the clause?" I must take issue with the word

. Question #: 1: It is very easy . Is the answer incorrect because the word 'very' modifies 'is', and is therefore an adverb, and not 'easy' which is an adjective? -- No. Adverbs modify verbs and adjectives. 'Very'

The head of the phrase is the central element of the phrase, not the first word in the phrase, but I assume you know this. I would not know how to identify such a critter. "Heading the phrase" is a very new concept to me. The only thing

Haha, that's what I initially thought, and I second guessed myself. And yeah, I suppose the comma would help indicate whether the object is the ing form or the pronoun; I also suppose that the ing form would be a participle modifying the