After talking it out with some fellow teachers and looking some terms up...we're still a little unsure about our conclusions. Any clarifications would be greatly appreciated! "I'm going to talk about Ichiro Suzuki." (Starting out

"Sometimes I am more inclined to think over the question you raise rather than analyse the photograph itself. And this one reached the very inside of me. It's Amazing. OK That was a beautiful question. I would like to leave behind the

What is a singular relative pronoun in your sentence and thus the third person singular verb form causes is correct. CB

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

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

There are a series of conflicts that run throughout this story, the most important being Trujillo’s abuse of his dictatorship over the country; an external conflict between Trujillo and society. There are a series of conflicts =main clause

Hi, I was reading this site which explains relative pronouns and when they can be omitted from a sentence. Here is what the site said: Reducing Relative Clauses If the pronoun ("that", "who", "which") is the object

Well, the phrase "holding outgoing radiation.." .cannot be a clause. It is a phrase. As I recall my grammar lessons (a long time ago), a clause must have a subject (which can be a relative pronoun) and a verb, a phrase does not. A phrase

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

The below is a very tricky sentence I met. I analyzed it as much as I can. But I can't figure it out. Can you check it for me? In other words, even though we often mess up, most of us are doing the best that we know how with the circumstances