By Predicates, Verbs

"Scurvy, a vitamin C deficiency, makes people weak and sore."Scurvy is the subject, because it is the thing which "makes people weak and sore."People is the direct object, because it is what scurvy is affecting, direct objects usually follow verbs.Weak and sore are objective...

"Scurvy, a vitamin C deficiency, makes people weak and sore."Scurvy is the subject, because it is the thing which "makes people weak and sore."People is the direct object, because it is what scurvy is affecting, direct objects usually follow verbs.Weak and sore are objective...

Hi,It is known to me that only adverb can modify an adjective but I have been modifying weather words/terms/adjectives?? like "sunny" with words like "sizzling" and "boiling". Do you call them an adverb like "very"?? I have used the word/adjective...

I've been searching around for a definitive answer to this problem, and I haven't found one yet.I'm wondering what case is used for the subject and the predicate when pronouns are used.for example, which is correct?It is he / It is himI am she / I am herIt's I / It's meI was...

"To" is not a preposition here. It's part of the infinitive form of the verb, "to introduce." "To introduce you to Paul" is an infinitive phrase acting as a noun, not a prepositional phrase.Best wishes, - A.

Maria is my friend. Maria is the subject. my friend is the predicate nominative. My faith and my morning coffee are my salvation. My faith and my morning coffee is the subject. my salvation is the predicate nominative. The verb agrees with the subject. Five dollars is not a lot to pay for...

information. Here is another example of the same construction: 1) Her greatest pleasure is travelling. (It doesn't mean that we have a travelling pleasure but that travelling is her pleasure.) 2) Her greatest pleasure is to travel. (To travel is her pleasure.)

To my ear, it reads better with the pause. "That and thus" sounds like a phrase, if you're not already familiar with the sentence. The subject is "use," and there's a compound predicate with the two verbs " rule" and "conflicts." They're...

Misus, As verbs, "to decide" and "to determine" are similar, but decided is used when you have a choice between alternatives, and deterimined sounds like a decision that is made after you have studied something. As adjectives, "determined" and "resolute"...

I want brief explanations about following topics: 1- Narrations( Active Passive and Direct Indirect) 2- Clauses(Adjective,Noun,Adverb & Preposition clauses) 3- Predicate nominative.