Hi A finite adverbial clause is a clause that functions as an adverb in a sentence and has a finite verb form in it. Let's use an finite adverbial of time as an example: Every time I see him I am really scared. (Every time I see him =

Hi, Sometimes grammar references told us that you cannot put a comma between the two verbs of a double predicate sentence, but I often found that usage in articles in famous websites or newspapers. I would say you have to look at each

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 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)?? 2. Some of them will make write this book tomorrow (some of them is

When the windstorm hit, the lights went out. --> When the windstorm hit = subordinate adverbial clause --> the lights went out = independent clause /When the windstorm hit,/the lights/went out./ A S P /SC / S / P / So,

Yes. That is correct. Hesitate always gets a to-infinitive. Further, you can indeed predicate 'hesitate to do something'. It equals to not being sure whether or not you should really do something. And something can be anything. Regards Jordy

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

Hi, We have a subject, and an exclusion from the subject, but we need a predicate. You need to say something ABOUT the plants (minus the tanks). For example, "have not achieved the results which had been hoped for." What did you have in

The phrase works fine. Again, I have trouble with your groupings! It's not clear whether the modifiers apply to the whole list, or to only the first item in the list. (I don't think I'm explaining it correctly.) You group things which

It is not always a dummy it . True. It can sometimes be the subject of the sentence (like in this case). And 'dummy it ' can also be the subject of a sentence -- the 'surface subject'. If it is refering to a subject that has been