Stricly speaking, 'he's taller than I am' or 'He's taller than I'. But in speech most people say 'He's taller than me.' I agree, but there is a conflict between the two constructions: In

The for-to-Infinitive Construction "is a construction in which the infinitive is in predicate relation to a noun or a pronoun preceded by the preposition for," L. A. Kaushanskaya (1970:200) In the sentence the for-to-Infinitive Construction can

Hello Duplicine, Welcome to the forum! The essential thing about the passive construction is that the subject of the verb (passively) receives the action, instead of (actively) performing it, and thus corresponds to the object of the

Well, Anton, you do ask some challenging questions! As for your examples, I got a question only about this one: «Karen talks as if she knows what she's talking about.» Am I right that the difference between this and the subjunctive version

People also say it in parts of Maryland (I grew up in Baltimore), and also in parts of Canada. I never realized the construction is regional until I got to college and a linguistics TA from Canada mentioned in class that there exists this Canadian

Do you use colours to help you at all? Maybe I'm slightly synaesthetic, but I learn different genders and constructions etc. in different colours, and then see the colours of the words in my mind. Associating colors with grammatical gender has

I am sure this has already been discussed, but I was only able to find one thread with two posts ... function of a noun > gerund verbs in the ~ing form with the function of an adjective > present participle Usually, in English grammar,