By Regards, Direct objects

I'll try to give some information on this as a non-professional.This is how it looks like in the serbian language,and I suppose,it is very similar in all other slavic languages and also the latin language.For indicating a location the locative case of a noun is used.If the english language...

Anonymous wrote: Identify the functions of verbs in the sentence below by labelling them Vt (transitive), Vi (intransitive), Vd (dative), Vf (factitive), Vc (copulative) & Vs (sense) Q1: He was last seen (vs) being given a large amount of money outside a bank. Q2: In the late nineteenth...

Stevenukd wrote: Dear Teachers, 1. I didn't investigate the thing you stole that car because I have high regard for your boss. - Is this natural to say? Thanks very much to Teachers, Stevenukd. Hi Stevenukd, The idea seems natural but it needs some work. Did the second person...

DouglasM6 wrote: To my way of thinking, the following use of “yourself” and “myself” is wrong and sounds really clumsy: A. This morning I sent a reply to yourself. A. This morning you sent a reply to myself. Surely these should be: B. This morning I sent a reply to you. B. This...

Hi, Clive! Thanks for your attention. I see...My question was: Bob, someone's name, is the same as the personal pronoun he, when used in the beginning of sentences. Example: - Bob is a good student (Bob = personal pronoun He) , But when it appears after a verb as an...

Hi, I need to write a sentence in the following pattern, and I don't see how it's possible. The pattern is: adjective + direct object + helping verb + subject + verb No articles allowed? So, something like 'Great strength did he use'. This kind of odd word order seems very literary or...

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something, nothing, much, many, few, and little can all be used in place of nouns, yes. They are pronouns of quantity. You can't use find it as you have done. find it is not followed by pronouns of quantity like this. In this case find is like discover or see. We see nothing (which is)...

Believer wrote:In regard to No.2, I can almost swear that I have heard some English professionals saying that there is an implicit word "to" there and whenever you hear the sentences without it, just remember it is to be included for a sentence to be a correct sentence. While I recognize...

Hi Everyone. Is there anyone who is able to analyse a sentence in terms of form and function down to word level? I'll give you an example of what I mean: The boys like the girls like = V:VP the boys = S:NP --> where 'the' = determiner and 'boys' = Head:Noun the girls = DO:NP -->...