I remember the day that he came. We aren’t going for the simple reason that we can’t afford it. Is 'that' used as an adverb in the above sentences ? In the first sentence that is indeed adverbial in character, which is obvious if we

Good evening, Chris, these are thought-provoking questions you have asked, and here is my opinion backed up by data from authoritative sources. 1. The possibility of tell filling the slot of talk in the example sentence seems questionable at

Could someone please check I have the right terminology for these words I will list first the terminology I have to use, then I will write the words and the terminology I think it is in red next to each word. Most of them are simple enough but

Hi chattt, Welcome to English Forums. Thanks for joining us. Sorry your post slipped thru the cracks. Everything you say is correct. When you ask if the sentence is "true," do you mean "is it correct?" Yes, it's correct.

Sentences like "I live with my parents and brother and sister" or while talking about fathers or mothers mentioning them time after time, do we use a definite article or are we supposed to use a possessive pronoun each time? e.g.

Dear friend, if the pronoun is part of a subject, I should be used: My wife and I will be there. if the pronoun is not a subject, as in I hope that you will visit my wife and me in the near future. me should be used. People often make

The for-to-Infinitive Construction "is a construction in which the infinitive is in predicate relation to a noun or a pronoun preceded by the preposition for," L. A. Kaushanskaya (1970:200) In the sentence the for-to-Infinitive Construction can

Compound sentence consisting of two independent clauses. He bought a box of paints main clause and ( he) copied a magazine lithograph of a Japanese painting of Fujiyama. main clause Would you like to try first to do more

Hi, the preposition "of" in this sentence: an act of performing a play or a piece of music, does it mean ' that is ' (the relative pronoun 'that' and the verb be)? That's the general idea. It introduces a phrase

Hi, the preposition "of" in this sentence: an act of performing a play or a piece of music, does it mean ' that is ' (the relative pronoun 'that' and the verb be)? Thanks so much!