Are you saying here that 'built' is working as a linking verb and requires a complement, thus meaning it's currently ungrammatical? No, not all. I am very sorry. Astute of you to point that out and raise that issue. Those thoughts

Question: Does a participial clause have to assimilate the aspect (as well as the tense) from the main clause? Here is an example: "Unable to find the answer on the website, I have reverted to asking here, hoping someone will

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

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

<< the end of the virtuous life of Abigail will be grave. >> Please educate me about noun phrases. I'm still trying, but I'm slow to catch on. I never heard of them until I joined EF. Any group of words beginning with a noun is

Infinitives are verbals, so they have some of the properties of verbs. (They can have subjects, objects, and adverb modification) "to love" is an infinitive - the marker "to" + the verb. "to be loved by someone" is,

Do you want a syntactical analysis or corrections to these sentences? Here is some syntax: Down the hillside (prepositional phrase, adverbial) were rolling (main verb phrase) the stones . (noun phrase, subject) In this part (prepositional

Welcome to English Forums. It's an imperative sentence, the subject being (you) understood. "Give" is a verb, present tense, second person singular or plural, the simple predicate of the sentence. "yearbook" is a noun, the

1. "women" - use plural to match "the elderly" & "are more LIKELY" 2. The goals of our program ARE - use plural verb with plural subject 3. MANY benefits - "Much" is for stuff; "many" is for things you can count. 4. there IS a lot of