I always find it nice if you know the origins of words: ORIGIN late 15th cent.: as a noun from Old French  attribut , and as a verb from Latin  attribut-  ‘allotted,’ both from the verb  attribuere , from  ad - ‘to’ +  tribuere  ‘assign.’ Sample

Angliholic wrote: Hoa Thai wrote: Angliholic wrote: I ate many more of the cookies than you did. I ate more of the cookies than you did. Do both of the above sound right and mean about the same to you? Thanks. Hi, I don't

Thanks. But "buses" follows the verb infinitive "be" : There is/are going to be more buses on this line. In this sample sentence, "be" remains infinitive regardless the number of the noun that follows. Did you mean that because "buses" is

Both these terms refer to the time when verb action takes place. Your sample sentence could read "You should use a past perfect verb , not a present perfect verb. " But often that noun would be understood and the adjectives modifying it are taken

Hi Albinario, and welcome to the forums. The -ing forms of those verbs are called gerunds, and they act like nouns. It's actually correct to therefore have the possessive form "your" or "his" before them, although you'll also commonly hear the

example sentence example is a noun so it can't take tenses. Are you getting confused with the verb sample?

Inchoateknowledge wrote: "I don't understand the function of the underlined that in this sentence and what 'that' refers to? Can you give examples to explain this?" This is the question, right? Inchoateknowledge wrote: Note from

Inchoateknowledge wrote: I recommend that we settle this problem (simple sentence, one clause) the red part is a nominal clause, and acts as the object of the verb. 'that' has no reference, but plays an important role grammatically:

CalifJim wrote: A word used to introduce a clause complement of a verb is called a complementizer. Complements are underlined below. I said the word . I said that Jane would be late today . CJ Thanks for the explantion, CJ, but my confusion

Thanks, Clive. I've just been thinking about why PIN Number is more used than, for example, PC Computer , or LCD Displays... Hm... No, people actually say LCD displays! Just discovered another one sample. In case of PIN, the word itself has other