The for-to-Infinitive Construction "is a construction in which the infinitive is in predicate relation to a noun or a pronoun preceded by the preposition for," L. A. Kaushanskaya (1970:200) In the sentence the for-to-Infinitive Construction can

Hmm, your observation is partially correct. There's no "is" in context such as this in Chinese, contexts that involves attributes, conditions, situations etc. (there may be more, but that's all I can think of now. Maybe other

I love old-fashioned diagramming (it is no longer taught in most American schools). But I don't have the computer skills (or software) to write the actual diagrams. Until a smarter person than I (am) answers you, may I try my best? (l) car -

Tell me wether the word is a predicate adjective, Subect, Direct Obejest, Objective of a proposition, possesive noun, action verb, preposition, linking verb, Indirect Object, or predicate noun of each sentence. We walk to school with our friends.

CJ, what's your opinion on the question? Personally I just use what feels correct (for me) in each individual case. For example if this were followed by a linking verb and a predicate nominative I would pick the number of the verb based on the

Hello, We don't split verb phrases like "must have been sleeping" because the whole phrase is acting together as the verb. (But, in this example, you could choose to see "sleeping" as a gerund acting as the predicate noun

i don't know what about simple subject & Predicate I have written 1. We have to play in the football (We is simple subject & Play is simple Predicate)?? This is not a correct sentence. "We have to play

I was taught that prepositional phrases were essentially "expendable" components of a sentence that, while referring to the subject-predicate, are 'not really there.' In the context of the following sentence the author uses a

Anon: I am a bit puzzled by your terminology - what source are you using for the vocabulary? The word "patient" does not have a grammar-related definition in the dictionary I consulted, but it does have this definition which could be

4. For instant, is it good English to describe speed with "rapid" as a attributive adjective as in "at a rapid speed"? Speed itself seems already indicating an element of "rapidness", it seems redundant although