By Sentence structures, Adverbs

Here is the best way to express your thought:Most (of) existing players in the market are so small and still have such a limited (size of their) customer base that they (can) make no difference in terms of service and pricing among competitors. Additions are in bold and omissions are in...

This post is a little dated but since I've been working with my students on this very topic I thought I'd post.First, you can't understand what the "object of the preposition" is if you don't first know how to identify prepositions. So you need to find a list (google "list prepositions English"...

"The Change of the Characteristics in the passage from The Hours" The passage from the novel The Hours by Michael Cunningham is intriguing. The passage illustrates the difference between the character's characteristics in different time settings: past and present. This difference is...

1.Is it necessary to use the negative adverb in this sentence structure <Rarely does he play snooker.>? Can I write like this <Frequantly does he play snooker.> 2.Is it a must to write <so or such> in this sentence structure <Talk shows are so/such popular that almost every...

ETJW-CMD wrote: Dear Goodman, I am one of Hoa’s friends, a member of a friendly yet private English-To-Join-the-World Club that we co-founded here in Vietnam. Last night, she showed me this thread and asked for my opinion. My first reaction was that the present perfect and past tense...

Redhab wrote: hello every one i want you to help me i want sentences about the types of sentence structure make sentences about this rules: 1- S+ v (stative) + intensive + adverb of place . 2- S+ v (stative) + intensive+ Cs 3- S+ v( stative)+ extensive and transitive+ direct...

hello every one i want you to help me i want sentences about the types of sentence structure make sentences about this rules: 1- S+ v (stative) + intensive + adverb of place . 2- S+ v (stative) + intensive+ Cs 3- S+ v( stative)+ extensive and transitive+ direct object . 4- S+...

The comparative and superlative of ill are worse and worst: She is worse than yesterday. Keenest sounds fine to me. Often you can use either form for single-syllable adjectives/adverbs, depending on sentence structure and emphasis.

CalifJim wrote:What you guys are discussing is "heavy phrases" or "heavy clauses".Yes, it's true that the canonical word order of English is sometimes modified to accommodate that fact that an enormous number of words intervening between other related words in a structure can obscure the...

Alienvoord wrote: Aperisic wrote:However, the logic behind the grammar rules must be relatively simple, because not all people in UK or USA or Australia... are geniuses and they all speak the language using, even if local, the group of logical guidelines. Grammar can be quite complicated. But it...