For my brother to feel, that he does not know the right term, must seem a real impediment. Hi frankie, thanks for joining us. Welcome to English Forums. Nix the comma after "feel." The feeling is bad. If this were your sentence, the

I meant does a complementizer always begin a noun clause, not a noun phrase ?? Ah! Well, that's a different question, of course. Yes and no. Sometimes, as I think you know, the complementizer is omitted, so the theorists say it's the

I'm so cross with myself. I can't even cite material correctly. Join the club! Have you finally got it right? Here is the sentence! It was on his way back past them, carrying a large burger, that he heard what they were saying. He =

Secondly, does a noun phrase always have a complementizer at the start of it (head)? No. According to the description in Wiki, complementizers are the syntactic head of a full clause. A noun phrase is not a full clause. Example: "the grand

I never saw the relative pronoun as an object ... The relative pronoun almost always acts a subject or object. It substitutes for its antecedent. the man who brought us gifts the man -- antecedent who -- substitutes for the man -- it's the

Are phrases words that are additional parts to a sentence (namely advectives or nouns) which are not constituents of the actual clause No. Clauses are made up of phrases. The phrases of the clause are the constituents of the clause. Clauses

Communication is supremely important for all social animals. Communication - subject is supremely important for all social animals. - predicate is - linking verb supremely - adverb important - predicate adjective modifying communication for all

Anaylsis of the large structure: Independent clause #1 : I can not tell you that, mate, Conjunction joining two independent clauses: but Independent clause #2: what I can tell you is that it was one day before my birthday ____________________

Here is better punctuation: Also, when you have a verb form (no comma) and it is the ing form, (comma) is it always a non-finite/verbal (no comma) which means it is a phrase -either a gerund or particple? The main clause is: is it always a

1) Can "but" be used instead of that when an idea of doubt, fear or distaste? 2) Can "but" mean that...not, therefore "There never is a tax law presented but someone will oppose it" means "There never is a tax