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"why was late reply" is not a sentence. It has no meaning. In English a sentence begins with a capital letter and ends with a punctuation mark (. ; : ? !)In addition, you seem to have omitted a definite or indefinite article or a possessive pronoun and mixed up the word order."Why...

Much linguistic analysis is neither intended for nor useful as a language teaching aid. It all depends on what language you know and what language you are learning.Leaving aside pronouns, in English you do not need to change the ending of a noun according to whether it is the subject or object of...

and so forth. They are not adjectives, because they can be substituted for and cannot co-occur with another determiner such as an article or a demonstrative.So the answer to your question: "So would you say this particular grammar point is widely accepted by native-speakers and/or...

Thanks Huevos for you enlightment. But could we, just for the sake of arguement, allow me to examine the merit of this grammar point: It says: There are 7 words that are "always" adjectives: articles "a", "an" and "the" and possessive pronouns...

Whether or not people choose to accept it is irrelevant, it's a fact. Have a look at this:smooth coatchihuahuadomesticateddogcaniscaninaecanidaecarnivoramammalchordataanimal Now when you see a chihuahua ask the owner if it is a "chordata". Most would say no, it's a...

this is what I have so far, but I'm not sure where to go from here. Normal 0 A (article) twitch (noun) at (preposition) the (article) controls (noun) could (verb) swerve (verb) the (article) cat’ (noun), but (conjunction) the (article) driver’s (noun) hands (noun) could (verb) not (adverb)...

When you get to the "B's," don't put them all in one post, or you'll crash the site! - A.

Hi, I need help with this grammar point.I was preparing myself for an English Grammar test, the material I'm studying to prepare for the test says that there are 7 words, namely 3 articles (a, an, the) and 4 possessive pronouns (my, our, your, their), are always "adjectives". What?!...

NODo each of you own something, or do the two of you own one thing in common? I's is not a word. My or mine are proper possessive pronouns.Alexa's and my music recorders are the best.Alexa's and my music recorder is the best.

hi, i've been struggling with coming to grips with the differences between verbal nouns and gerunds. e.g. John's singing the national anthem bothered me. or John's singing of the national anthem bothered me.which is correct, and in the second case is 'singing' a gerund or...