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I have a hard time deciding which word an adverb clause modifies in a sentence, examples: 1. Buy that coat now because it might be sold tomorrow. (A: because it might be sold tomorrow modifies the verb buy) I chos the adverb "now" because I thought the main emphasis/reason of the...

"Who threw the stone?" (reply) "It is one of those who are angry." I don't think "one" is the subject of anything here. It's a predicate nominative, or "complement" of the verb "is." "It" is the subject of the sentence, and...

Hi O, I'd vote for adverbial. For one thing, the phrase does not equal Nora, which condition I believe is necessary for an appositive. If you rearrange the sentence (if this is allowed) you have, Nora is the best of all the candidates who are running, and (I think) the phrase may be said to...

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...

Avangi wrote:Good morning, Hoa Thai, I appreciate the research. I think your second example is a little bit different, but I'm not sure I can explain it. The gist of it is, ten years ago you might have gotten one or two was one or two." Or you could say, "The amount was two or three." ...

Good morning, Hoa Thai, I appreciate the research. I think your second example is a little bit different, but I'm not sure I can explain it. The gist of it is, ten years ago you might have gotten one or two was one or two." Or you could say, "The amount was two or three." "Norm" and "amount"...

The predicate is generally in agreement with the subject. In 'The sound of the bells...' the subject is 'The sound...'. (3rd person singular) '...of the bells...' is prepositional and cannot be the subject (partitive case). Ergo, 'The sound of the bells was heard...' Regards, Slava

Yoong Liat, You can't say I saw him ran..., because ran is Past tense => Finite form=>Predicate. A predicate always requires a subject. In your sentence, the only subject is I and its predicate is saw. Run is a verbal (Infinitive). You can try other verbals in its place: I saw him run...

Hi, 1. He got himself into trouble. (SVOA) I thought since ‘he’ and ‘himself’ refer to the same person, there is no need to put ‘himself’ into the ‘O’ category? They refer to the same person, however from two different point of views. In a sentence like 'He covered himself in mud to...

Hi Candy, Here are my short answers to your questions. Don't bother with my earlier, longer response, which might be confusing. Maybe you or other posters can refer to them, as further, more circuitous explanations of the short answers. Candy: Please tell me why they use "as to" Me: I think...