In Present perfect^x, Nouns^x, Prepositions^x

.I suppose that you want your sentences PARSED. I'm not going to do all of them for you. I'll do the first one:Where -- adverbare -- linking verb, simple presentyou -- pronoun subjectI -- pronoun subject've been waiting -- verb, present perfect progressivefor -- preposition2 --...

Yes. I think I understand what you are getting at -- although for non-native speakers some of the guidelines may appear to be circular in nature. According to Palmer (The English Verb), besides the plain vanilla 'passive' with an agent introduced by by (The man was killed by his...

1. All prepositions are correct before a noun:He gave me some advice on the use of the present perfect.He is interested in the use of the present perfect.I want to talk about the use of the present perfect....2. Right.CB

i. Our basketball team tried hard but was defeated in the long run. Nobody could say anything. "All that can be done has been done," said the coach.can I change it to "had been done"? As I think it is a past event.-- No. It is not a past event. Be carefula bout can and has done. It is completely...

1. Use of present perfect tense and simple past tense Speakers of American English generally use the present perfect tense (have/has + past participle) far less than speakers of British English. In spoken American English it is very common to use the simple past tense as an alternative in...

(1) and (2) are fine, Hanuman. They are not adverbs, they are noun objects of the preposition 'since'; the whole prepositional phrase serves as an adverbial. They represent, as I am sure you can see, the extent of time after last week and yesterday, respectively, not those expired time frames...