By Predicates, Numbers

Conjunctive adverbs, or simply "conjuncts", do exist, and are different from sentence adverbials.These conjuncts link sentences or paragraphs and usually appear at the beginning of a sentence. The adverbials Anonymous mentioned in their first post, those that tell us something...

In response to the questions posed in the first post of this thread, "the officer" is NOT the subject of the sentence regardless of whether the sentence is active or passive. "The officer" is undoubtedly the doer of the action in both sentences, but it is the subject only in...

Hi, I moved to Singapore and got a teaching position at a small college. This is a simple sentence. It is easy to see, however, why someone might think that this is a compound sentence, since it contains the co-ordinating conjunction "and"; however, the conjunction actually joins two predicates...

Hi, I moved to Singapore and got a teaching position at a small college. This is a simple sentence. It is easy to see, however, why someone might think that this is a compound sentence, since it contains the co-ordinating conjunction "and"; however, the conjunction actually joins two predicates...

I moved to Singapore and got a teaching position at a small college. Oh my Gosh! This is a simple sentence. It is easy to see, however, why someone might think that this is a compound sentence, since it contains the co-ordinating conjunction "and"; however, the...

Inchoateknowledge wrote: Hello I saw this syntax in a dictionary. "The predicate is (that functions as one of the two main constituents of a simple sentence), the other being the subject, and (that consists of a verb, which in English may agree with the subject in number,)" Even so, even...

Do predicate nominatives have to agree in number with the subject?

curious why the difference in comma usage exists between introductory prepositional phrases and other introductory elements. I don't know precisely why, but my educated guess is that verb phrases are the main driving force behind the majority of the comma rules. When a subordinate clause...

Maple wrote: A number of laboratory tests are available. None is completely sensitive and specific for myocardial infarction, particularly in the hours following onset of symptoms. Timing is important, as are correlation with patient symptoms, electrocardiograms, and angiographic studies. The...

A number of laboratory tests are available. None is completely sensitive and specific for myocardial infarction, particularly in the hours following onset of symptoms. Timing is important, as are correlation with patient symptoms, electrocardiograms, and angiographic studies. The following tests...