By Prepositions, Constructions

Re: Participial Construction??

.Your examples are of participial construction and rightly bear the same subject as the main clause. However, participial constructions also exist outside that relationship.With the wind blowing abeam, we quickly tacked to the inlet.-- Here, the participal clause is the object of a preposition.

Re: preposition+obj pronoun+?

Hi Anc - I wasn't suggesting you use does instead of do in your "third type of construction." I thought if I understood why you wanted to use "do" it might give me a clue as to what you have in mind. If you could only give us an example using "do" which...

Re: unnecessary words

1 — not redundant for sure. "Dispose of" is like "get rid of", while "dispose" implies a kind of destruction. 2 — although "why" is considered undesired in constructions like "the reason why I love you", in your example "why" sounds...

Verbs

The list isn't meant to be exhaustive or carefully arranged. Any additions, corrections or further examples would be welcomed. 1 main verbs; lexical verbs (all verbs which are not auxiliaries or modals) 2 action verbs; event verbs; dynamic verbs (a verb which can be used in...

Re: What makes English so difficult to learn?

As a native English speaker (well perhaps not entirely native, I was born in Russia and immigrated to the U.S. at the tender age of 7) I would have to say that apart from the obviously difficult aspects of the English language such as tenses, an unorthodox phonetic system employed in the language...

when and after

Hi, It might take long to ask this question but I will try to shorten it. You have the conjunction 'when' and when you use it as a subordinate clause, I think you can use it elliptically like this: He should not grunt when playing tennis Here, I think a full, expanded version of ...

Re: The acoustic/acoustics in the opera house

Hi Peaceblinkfriend,I can see your interpretation that the 'sound architecture / construction' of the opera house is excellent.However, I beg to differ. The reason is simple to me.; here are the three clues:1. the use of the preposition 'in'.2. the plural verb 'are'.3....

Re: 13. Driving by anger, John slapped across Mary,s face.

1. You need the past participle in these sentence opening constructions with by. Driven by anger, Disappointed by the results, Frightened by a gunshot, ...2. The syntax you're looking for is not Verb + Prep + Possessive + Body Part.You want Verb + Person + Prep + the + Body Partslapped...

Re: Two question about "where"

Hello Ant 222, First,thank you for the compliments.It means to me. Excuse me for misinterpreting your message it was not intentional.I'm glad we agree on this point,but it would also be ok with me if we do not.There is always room for every sort of opinion.I think that a native english-speaking...

Re: Uses of "which" and "that".

Akavall wrote:I am not really sure when I should use "which" and "that". Should I use "that" in this sentence? New York is a city that attracts a lot of tourists. And should I use "which" in this sentence? New York is a city, which attracts a lot of tourists, is one of the most expensive...