Anon: Here is the main clause in your sentence: The Statue of Liberty may well be the best-known structure in the world. Statue of Liberty (proper noun) is the subject may be is the verb phrase. "be" is a linking verb (intransitive).

I don't understand why 'are' comes into this. Surely "One of the countries" is singular. Can someone explain please? One is singular, that's why the main verb of the main clause is singular: is: One of the countries

You will not find the subject in a modifying phrase (MP), a phrase that starts with a preposition, a gerund, or a relative pronoun and that modifies the meaning of the noun or subject under discussion. The group of students is going on a field

for showing the competence that makes Americans hopeful he might pull it off . Is 'that' a relative pronoun for 'the competence'? Is 'hopeful' an adjective? What does it mean? I hope you don't mind my

Thanks, Mr M. I was so stupid that I took 'pull' for 'put'. But sorry, I still don't get it. for showing the competence that makes Americans hopeful he might pull it off . Is 'that' a relative pronoun for 'the

. However much United States voters may agree that there is waste in government and that the government as a whole spends beyond its means -- Dependent clause with two coordinate embedded relative clauses it is difficult to find broad support

But I would expect to find that most usage guides would say that it's preferable to use "who" in reference to persons... What guides do you have in mind? The ones I've looked at say no such thing. Fowler, for example, says ...

Rick Measham infrared: I'm writing a software code library for converting quotation marks into curly quotation marks (just like your favorite word processor does). My favourite word processor would be one that assumed that what I typed was

Whales, which cannot breathe under water, have lungs instead of ... in a way that makes sense. If not, axe again. The problem is that it is confusing to mostly everyone. The commas would be helpful to make reading easier but ... wouldn't count