When you use worthy as a predicate adjective, you have to introduce its complement with of . So the x.2 versions are both wrong. 1.1 says you are good enough to have a knight! (What will you have him do for you? Some jousting perhaps? ) 2.1 says

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. Could you please tell me whether the following

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

In my usage, "well" can be both an adverb and an adjective. In "I can read well", for example, it's an adverb. As an adjective it means (usually) "healthy", as in "I'm very well, thanks",

In my usage, "well" can be both an adverb and an adjective. In "I can read well", for example, it's an adverb. As an adjective it means (usually) "healthy", as in "I'm very well, thanks",

No, 'well' is an ADVERB here, just as it likes to be. In my usage, "well" can be both an adverb and an adjective. In "I can read well", for example, it's an adverb. As an adjective it means (usually)

"For" sounds to me like a preposition here. You're exactly right about the cheap shirt sentence. "For" means "because." It's an old fashioned usage. I was starving, for I did not have any money. She fishes

Thanks for pointing that out. In fact, there are some other grammatical errors more noticeable than the use of comma. I do make a lot of grammatical errors in casual writing, like when discussing in forums. Regarding the rule that a comma is

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In our last episode, (Email Removed), the lovely and talented Robert Lieblich broadcast on alt.usage.english: I respectfully dissent. (Occupational phrasing.) I don't think you do. (Seinfeld phrasing.) I'm trying to answer the question