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Re: as

CalifJim — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 04:13:58 GMT

1. I go to the same church as he does. -- good, it seems. OK
2. I go to the same church as him -- could it be correct if we treat 'as' as a preposition? OK. Yes.
3. I go to the same church as he goes to -- long, but good, it seems. OK.
Would you say no.1 is good since in a sentence structure as no.1, the word 'do' or 'does' can be used for any action word like 'go'? Yes. That's right.
Like:
4. I played chess as ~~good~~ well as he does/plays -- I think the pronoun 'him' can work here too. Yes. Yes.

In At this year's prom, I wore the same type of hat as at last year's.
Yesterday, the car I drove to Mike's home was the same (one) as his/the one he has.
I went to the same barber as ~~his/~~ the one he goes to.

as

Anonymous — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 03:32:01 GMT

Hi,

Can you help me to use the word 'as' correctly? The word 'so' is a preposition or a conjunction?
1, I go to the same church as he does. -- good, it seems.
2. I go to the same church as him -- could it be correct if we treat 'as' as a preposition?
3. I go to the same church as he goes to -- long, but good, it seems.
Would you say no.1 is good since in a sentence structure as no.1, the word 'do' or 'does' can be used for any action word like 'go'?
Like:
4. I played chess as good as he does/plays -- I think the pronoun 'him' can work here too.

Are these correct?
In this year's prom, I wore the same type of hat as last year's.
Yesterday, the car I drove to Mike's home was the same one as his/the one he has.
I went to the same barber as his/the one he goes to.

Re: Add to that

Cool Breeze — Thu, 22 May 2008 07:33:49 GMT

Hi LiJ

Add is a verb (imperative), to is a preposition add requires and that is a demonstrative pronoun which refers to something mentioned previously.

Re: GRAMMAR IN RHYME

Anonymous — Wed, 07 May 2008 01:56:04 GMT

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 of nouns the pronouns stand;
John's head, his face, my arm, your hand.

Verbs tell of something being done;
As read, write, spell, sing, jump, or run.

How things are done the adverbs tell;
As, slowly, quickly, ill, or well.
They also tell us where and when;
As here, and there, and now, and then.

A preposition stands before
A noun; as in, or through, a door.

Conjunctions sentences unite;
As kittens scratch and puppies bite.

The interjection shows surprise;
As, O, how pretty! Ah, how wise!

Re: Grammatically correct & Subject-Verb agreement.

Cute572 — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:01:47 GMT

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 sentence begin with infinite pronoun (in this case ONE), verb should follow with its object of preposition which is in this case is plural ( Of shoes ) and verb "cost" is plural as well. This makes sentence correct.

I don't know if we take pair as our subject then its wrong sentence as you have pointed out.

Please help me out with this confusing problem.

And also in 3rd sentence Story is the subject as its singular and verb is singular as well.

Mistakes made by Chinese Learners

Anonymous — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:30:26 GMT

Hi everyone

I 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 rude/inconsiderate, more serious transfer may affect comprehensiveness.
No inflections in L1 - tenses difficult to learn in L2 as L1 has no true tenses and concept of time is expressed by adverbs/implicit or contextual assumptions.
Difficulty distinguishing [r] & - Does anyone know why this is as I can't find a reason?!!
Prepositions such as 'on', 'in' & 'at' have one chinese translation in many contexts, 'zai' - may be confused resulting in phrases such as 'on Taiwan' instead of 'in Taiwan'.
Use of awkward gerunds e.g. 'no noising', excessive use of verbs ending in 'ing' e.g. 'do not climbing', confusion of 'ed' & 'ing' verbs e.g. 'i am bored' vs 'i am boring' --- all of these errors occur because verbs are not conjugated in chinese, for tense or pronoun.
No equivalent word for 'the' so may be used excessively when not needed e.g. 'The China' or missed out when needed. May also be confused with 'a'/'an'.
Confusion over countable and uncountable nouns, use of 'how much?' vs 'how many?' - leads to phrases such as 'I want a soup' & 'a lot of shoe'. This is due to there not being plurals in chinese - no inflections.

Switching between 'he' & 'she' - Does anyone know why this is?

If anyone can think of anymore it would be greatly appreciated or if anyone knows the answers to my questions about gender switching and distinguishing [r] & this would also help a lot!!

Thank you in advance.

Shannon

Re: THAT

Mister Micawber — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 13:04:02 GMT

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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

Verymaddhatter — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 10:40:55 GMT

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. D. none of the above
Answer B.

3. A collective noun, which refers to a group, can be:
A. singular. B. plural. C. a preposition. D. both a & b
Answer A.

4. Indefinite pronouns can be:
A. singular. B. plural. C both a & b D. neither a nor b
Answer C.

5. Titles used before a proper name or in direct address are:
A. sometimes capitalized. B. always capitalized. C. never capitalized. D. none of the above
Answer B.

6. Capitalize the names of:
A. ships. B. trains. C. planes and spacecraft. D. all of the above
Answer D.

7. The titles of books, magazines, songs, and stories are:
A. always capitalized. B. sometimes capitalized.C. never capitalized. D. none of the above
Answer A.

Please Check My Answers

Anonymous — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 00:47:54 GMT

1. An adjective modifies a:
A. verb. B. noun. C. pronoun. D. both b & c.
Answer D.

2. Adverbs modify:
A. verbs. B. adjectives. C. other adverbs. D. all the above
Answer D.

3. The purpose of a preposition is to connect:
A. nouns to other words in the sentence. B. pronouns to other words in the sentence. C. a group of words acting as a noun to another word in the sentence. D. all of the above
Answer D.

4. Which of the following words is not a preposition?
A. aboard B. by C. beside D. himself
Answer D.

5. The main parts of a sentence are:
A. the subject and the predicate. B. an adjective and adverb. C. a verb and adverb. D. the capital and punctuation.
Answer A.

6. A sentence fragment may be lacking :
A. a subject. B. a verb. C. both a subject and a verb. D. all of the above.
Answer D.

7. Phrases and clauses are incorrectly used when they are:
A. deleted. B. left dangling. C. misplaced. D. both b & c
Answer D.

8. A dangling modifier is a word or group of words that:
A. does not seem to modify any word in a sentence. B. can be placed anywhere in a sentence. C. both a & b D. neither a nor b
Answer A.

Re: to infinitive or to gerund

Cool Breeze — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 08:42:14 GMT

Nddad

How do I tell the difference between " to infinitive and to gerund " ??

If you are asking how you can tell when to is a preposition and when it's part of an infinitive, the answer is simple. If you can put a noun or a pronoun such as it after to, to is a preposition:

I am looking forward to it.

I'll never get used to it.

I object to it.

Incorrect: I used to it. Consequently to is part of an infinitive in this sentence: I used to like her.