The past participle followed can be used in various ways: (1) Passively: I am being followed by ... , the stopover in Oxford will be followed by ... ( by should always be used in this sense) (2) Actively: He followed ... (any adverbial clause can

didn't you speak of prepositions that have to stick with the verb Oh! I remember. That was about phrasal verbs. Phrasal verbs consist of a main verb and an adverbial particle like in, out, on, off, up, and down . "Adverbial particle"

Sometimes it helps to convert a question to a declarative sentence, as you try to figure out the tense of the verb. Ask yourself what the subject of the clause is. Are there more than one? Is the subject singular or plural? The tree is what

Dear Walter, thank you for this interesting question. First of all, blurred should be analysed in connection with being since being blurred is a non-finite complex verb phrase. The meaning of this part of the sentence is obviously passive;

I would be greatful for a few tips, many thanks.. Elementary level Describing a person's physical appearance. Parts of the body, colours and clothing (please don’t focus solely on body parts etc but consider physical characteristics

So, if I'm not mistaken, a similar example could be: She felt the sweat trickle down her spine . (non-finite subclause in bold, where 'the sweat' is the subject of the clause, followed by the bare infinitive) Precisely. You are so

Hi Sir/Madam, Is below syntax correct? Police (subject) finally (adverb) caught up (verb) with him (prepositional verb) when an eagle-eyed employer recognized him from a warning issued by the Labour Department(relative clause), through which he

Living there is frustrating. living there - subject - gerund -noun plus adverb is - linking verb frustrating - subject complement / predicate adjective / present participle frustrating is adjectival because you can add "very" -- an

At times it has been frustrating living in the shadow of Victoria to the point that you want them to have a fight. Analysis of athe above sentence: -- Noun phrase = At times, it At times = form:Prepositional phrase Function:adverbial

Lebatonne: I have made a few suggestions. You can make this better by writing an outline of your main points. That will help you to avoid repetition. I am writing to apply for the Erasmus Mundus Master degree program in Global Studies.