Greetings, Tina, Mister Micawber's answers are completely relevant, but let me make some additional remarks: 1. A time of prosperity and peace - is a noun phrase you analysed absolutely correctly. In general, noun phrases may have the

Dear Friends, Which preposition goes with 'fit' in the following: I have compressed this .avi file to fit on/onto/in a single CD. I guess on/onto are fine but not sure about in . Palinkasocsi

Dear friends, just a tiny remark. ...for some jerk to catch me carrying this thing around and get the wrong idea is a to-infinitive clause. It is the subject predicative in the given sentence: All I need is f or some jerk to catch me

1st, grammatical error: "approach" needs the preposition "to" 2nd, syntax error Generally speaking, a grammatical error is a syntax error, so there's something wrong with the way you are thinking this through. I think you

Dear friend, The judge announced a recess is correct; in it, recess means a period of time when the proceedings of a parliament, committee, court of law, or other official body are temporarily suspended . *I can buy snacks at the school's

From a conversational perspective I think it goes like this; For the past 10 years... referring to the entire duration. In the past 10 years... referring to particular points within the span. Over the past 10 years...

i would like to know two things. the first one is : the past participle of the verb "go", is it "been"? ex: i have been to London. have you ever been to London? i think that "go" in this case has irregular form

The first one is definitely correct. (object of the preposition) I'm not sure about the second one. It presents some interesting problems. While I think it's common to use or not use the possessive of a name in this case, (a friend of

Hello everyone, Would anyone mind having a read through my answers below to see if i'm on the right tracks? I'm looking at the meaning/function and form of the sentence/underlined words! With many thanks!! Fiona is very

Sentences like "I live with my parents and brother and sister" or while talking about fathers or mothers mentioning them time after time, do we use a definite article or are we supposed to use a possessive pronoun each time? e.g.