By Pronouns, Clauses

My approach owes more to the concepts of transformational grammar, so I would sayhim doing his job every day is a non-finite clause used as the object of think of.Within that clause him is the pronoun subject, doing is the verb, his job is the noun object, and every day is adverbial. CJ

To which, in which etc.consist of a preposition and a relative pronoun. The preposition is usually determined by a verb, noun or adjective. In informal style the preposition is often placed at the end of the relative clause. Examples:This is the house in which he lives. This is the house you...

It's just a standard type 3 conditional. This expresses a hypothesis on what would have happened if the "if" clause, which is no longer possible to fulfil, had been fulfilled. It is formed as follows: if + pronoun + past perfect clause + pronoun + would + perfect infinitive clause.

Correction: Adjective clauses are to be placed closest to the nouns or pronouns (called antecedents) they modify.

Hi,Could the underlined part be a noun clause? How many mutations or versions possible for a noun clause? We use this when we want to say he is not there.Should it be any of these? Must attach words like 'that', 'which', 'who', etc. that seem to be pronouns?Should be:We...

I don't like either sentence; the second one is definitely ungrammatical. Being is most commonly used to indicate a reason in clause equivalents if it occupies initial position:Being tired, I went to bed. (= Because I was tired, I went to bed.)Being has other uses. In your example being...

Actually, infinitives are used in AmE as subjects. The location geographically or historically has nothing to do with it. But infinitives (and their complement(s), if any), taken together, can make noun phrases.To be absolutely precise, it is a noun phrase (NP) that must be the subject of a...

Thank you. You wrote:If the preposition is in the middle of the sentence, 'whom' would be necessary. To me using the word "seem" in a "would" clause seems very peculiar. Omiting the word "would" from the "would" clause also seems peculiar.To me,...

'whom' would be necessary. To me using the word "seem" in a "would" clause seems very peculiar. Omiting the word "would" from the "would" clause also seems peculiar.

Thanks, Marius and CJ.Nouns or pronouns can refer to something; Clauses can relate, be related, be associated with, or examples of something.Got it!