Prepositions are difficult for native speakers, too. Yes, "in" or "by" are probably (probably) both correct for "He made A big mistake __ doing that." BUT if you say "He made THE big mistake," then you must

Is this a case in which the verb complain is a transitive verb? It's matter of terminology and depends on what one wants to call an object. In Scandinavian grammatical terminology a clause can be the object of a verb : Students know the

I'm quite confused with the prepositions when used for destination(s) as in below. Could you teachers please point out the correct one in each sentence. Where can I catch a bus to/for Boston ? Where can I catch a bus to/for downtown ? Where

Anon.: English speakers do not use a preposition when "home" follows a verb of motion: Tom went/ran/moved home. If you use "to be," you may say, "Tom is AT home" or just "Tom is home." In conversation,

A differs from (= has a different quality) B. Mr A differs with (= has a different opinion) Mr B. " with regards to " and with regard to "-- The first is incorrect; these are the only standard expressions: 'as regards', ' in regard to', and

Whizzo: Perhaps there are at least three ways to express your sentence: (1) He described the teacher's role as BEING BLURRED between instructor and friend, (2) He described the tescher's role as BLURRED between instructor and friend, (3)

WHIZZO, the same question was already asked some days ago. For further information, see http://www.englishforums.com/English/AnalyisOfASentence/lddbh/post.htm#935373 . I have strong grounds to believe that 'being blurred...' is a nominal

According to the books I have read, infinitives do not follow preposition; There is an exception to everything in English: "Swing low, sweet chariot, coming for to carry me home." CB

I am about to leave. My question is: Is this sentence grammatically "correct" in terms of standard English? How can "about to leave" be analized analyzed? It's correct. about can be considered an adverb in this idiom. If

Hello, my name is Rhina Franco and I am a teacher. We are studying gerunds and infinitives. According to the books I have read, infinitives do not follow preposition; however, there is an exception to this rule as I have read. In the case of the