By Prepositions, Nouns

Re: far

Hi, I can see James in the mountain with this telescope. Can far be used to modify a noun? Yes. If yes, what's the difference between far and distant in this context? 'Far' is less common, more literary/poetic. The normal preposition is 'on a mountain' rather than...

Re: GRAMMAR IN RHYME

A Grammar Rhyme by David B. Tower and Benjamin F. Tweed A noun's the name of anything; As, school or garden, hoop or swing. Adjectives tell the kind of noun; As, great, small, pretty, white, or brown. Three of these words we often see, Called articles - a, an, and the. Instead...

English Grammer

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

Re: Grammatically correct & Subject-Verb agreement.

Thanks for the help and clearing my mistakes. For the first group. Want to discuss 2nd groupe though.1. Neither goes with singular meaning i would place Verb "is" in place of "are" to balance the sentence right !2. Yes in this sentence i find stuck badly i have read that if a...

Gerunds. Participles. Infinitives, Help?

I have to identify the verbal phrases (and verbals) and for participles determine whether they are present, past, or irregular.For gerunds whether they are subjects, direct objects, predicate nominatives, or objects of prepositions. And finally for infinitives determine whether they are nouns,...

Re: TO - preposition or infinitive

normally if to is before a verb it is infinitive if it is not it is a preposition. eg i want to go to cinema. to in the first place+ verb go = infinitive. to in the second place + noun= preposition.

Re: Differences between English and your native language

There are fewer prepositions in Finnish than in English. Quite often, it is possible to place a preposition before or after the word it modifies. If the preposition is after the noun, it is called a postposition. After all, it is after the word it modifies. (Latin post = after) The noun is in the...

Mistakes made by Chinese Learners

Hi everyoneI just wondered if anyone could help - I have to write a profile of a chinese learner of English (completely made up). In it I must put any difficulties that the learner has in learning English as an L2. I have got so far:Intonation transfer from L1 may cause them to be perceived as...

Re: THAT

.That is a relative pronoun or a conjunction, not a preposition.The hat that I bought is too big.I wanted to tell him that I bought a hat.

Please Check

1. Do not place a phrase or clause:A. in a sentence. B. at the beginning of a sentence. C. at the end of a sentence. D. too far from the word it is meant to modify.Answer D. 2. In every sentence, the subject must agree with the:A. object of the preposition. B. verb. C. intervening expressions....