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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 direct object of the verb."whoever" is a...

#1 John who took my pen is here. #2 John who is wearing my jacket is here. How firm a grasp would you like to obtain? (I know I shouldn't have written that, but I couldn't resist.) The thing that works for me is to take out the the subject and the "verb" and see if it still...

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 space (missing verb in clause) ...

You are mistaken. The present perfect can be used with a for-clause of time if you choose an appropriate predicate. I have banked at First National for 10 years. She has slept in that bed for 20 years. We have worked at this company for 5 years. They have lived in that town for 3...

Walking as if each step were painful1, she slowly pushed open the glass door and hobbled down the nearest aisle2. 1: Dependant clause (what kind of dependant clause??) I'm kind of confused as to the nature of this subordinate clause... It is reduced clause(While/As she was walking...) ...

Thanks Philip. How about the next one: Walking as if each step were painful1, she slowly pushed open the glass door and hobbled down the nearest aisle2. 1: Dependant clause (what kind of dependant clause??) I'm kind of confused as to the nature of this subordinate clause... 2:...

Hi! I'm having a re-examination in two weeks and I have a few questions that I don't really understand. First, analysing sentenses with NP, VP and so on. i.e She fell vad be Np, vp right? and fell is the predicate verb and she is the subject. But what kind of a clause is this? It's a complete...

Paco2004 wrote:Hello AnonI'm sorry but I have to say all of your sentences sound a bit weird. The conjunction "No matter how" is usually followed by an indicative (non-modal) predication. #4 is wrong because of tense mismatch between the concessive and main clauses. (EX) No matter how hard he...

Jack112 wrote: Sorry for my lack of understanding. Could you give me a few more examples as to how to distinguish between them? 1. I have never had more girlfriends than I have now. (Correct) 2. I have never had more girlfriends than I do now. (Is this one correct as well? How do I...

A sentence may take the form of a single clause or be formed from several clauses. The typical clause has a noun phrase for a subject and a verb phrase for a predicate. The verb phrase may have another noun phrase or two embedded within it which serves as direct object or indirect object. ...